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Verb
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To twist or bend out of shape
twist
warp
deform
distort
misshape
wrench
bend
buckle
convolute
curve
detort
knot
screw
squinch
torture
writhe
gnarl
pretzel
wind
bend out of shape
wrench out of shape
malform
mangle
disfigure
skew
damage
injure
mar
impair
ruin
more ❯
“He could not believe that anyone could contort their body into some of the shapes he had glimpsed.”
Verb
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To frown or show displeasure facially
grimace
frown
glower
pout
lour
wince
sulk
quirk
screw up
deform
misshape
lower
gloom
twist
scowl
sneer
mouth
mug
gurn
screw up one's face
make faces
pull a face
make a face
distort
smirk
make a wry face
glare
look sullen
look daggers
give someone dirty looks
pucker
purse your lips
look angry
give a dirty look
give someone a death stare
mop and mow
knit brows
contortion
look stern
cloud up
furrow one's brows
give the evil eye
knit your brow
do a slow burn
glout
glunch
look daggers at
disapprove
look angrily at
mope
grump
stick one's lip out
make a long face
grouch
be moody
turn down the corners of your mouth
be in bad mood
look petulant
pull a long face
be sullen
look sulky
make a moue
be petulant
be cross
turn the corners of one's mouth down
“Momma's face was starting to contort with anger as she spoke, and I could see that she was on the defensive.”
Verb
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To physically distort or contort something
screw
distort
warp
deform
twist
misshape
torture
squinch
wrinkle
crumple
contract
crunch
pucker
crimp
crinkle
crush
fold
furrow
mash
rimple
rumple
scrunch
squash
ruck up
screw up
Verb
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To move, or cause to move, in a spiral or curved course
curl
curve
wind
twist
coil
bend
arch
turn
spiral
loop
crook
snake
meander
twirl
corkscrew
zigzag
twine
entwine
roll
furl
writhe
wreathe
buckle
fold
convolute
undulate
ripple
swirl
lap
crisp
indent
kink
wrap
twist and turn
roll up
form into ringlets
more ❯
Verb
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Bend and give way under pressure or strain
buckle
bend
twist
distort
warp
collapse
crumple
curve
become bent
become twisted
become warped
bulge
deform
give
make bent
make twisted
make warped
malform
misshape
address
apply
arc
arch
become contorted
become crooked
become curved
become distorted
devote
fold
founder
go
implode
make contorted
make curved
make distorted
mangle
tumble
wrinkle
yield
become deformed
become malformed
become misshapen
bend out of shape
cave in
make crooked
make deformed
make malformed
make misshapen
subside
become mangled
go out
make mangled
develop a fold
develop a kink
develop a wrinkle
give way
more ❯
Verb
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To physically struggle or flail around clumsily
flounder
struggle
thrash
thresh
squirm
writhe
convulse
flail
fumble
grope
lurch
pitch
stagger
toss
tumble
flap
jerk
wriggle
thrash about
toss and turn
twist and turn
cast about
twist
wiggle
twitch
jiggle
jig
distort
squiggle
fidget
more ❯
Verb
▲
To change from one form to another
morph
change
alter
convert
metamorphose
transform
modify
switch
adapt
distort
mutate
deform
doctor
recast
transmute
pervert
misrepresent
manipulate
falsify
fudge
cook
fake
fiddle
warp
fix
rig
tamper with
trump up
phony up
forge
more ❯
Verb
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Suffer violent involuntary contraction of the muscles, producing contortion of the body or limbs
convulse
jerk
shudder
agitate
shake
bucket
jiggle
joggle
jolt
jounce
judder
quake
quiver
vibrate
wabble
wobble
twist
work
bother
disturb
rock
shake uncontrollably
shake violently
stir
torment
tremble
unsettle
writhe
thrash about
go into spasms
shake up
suffer a fit
more ❯
Verb
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To cause damage to
injure
damage
harm
hurt
break
wound
crush
disable
impair
mutilate
smash
maim
mangle
mar
shatter
deform
spoil
blemish
bloody
bruise
compromise
crab
cripple
deface
disfigure
endamage
flaw
ruin
vitiate
wreck
crool
incapacitate
knacker
mangulate
scathe
weaken
aggrieve
batter
burn
cross up
cut
distort
distress
foul
grieve
pain
pique
prejudice
scar
sting
torment
torture
total
wax
cut up
do in
do mischief to
draw blood
foul up
hack up
shake up
more ❯
Verb
▲
To remove or take out, especially with effort or force
wring
wrest
twist
wrench
corkscrew
extract
prize
pry
pull
uproot
yank
choke
compress
pinch
push
root out
strain
tear out
throttle
turn
draw out
shake down
pluck
remove
take out
tear
rip
deracinate
extricate
eradicate
more ❯
Verb
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To injure or hurt by twisting a body part
wrench
strain
pull
twist
rick
sprain
crick
turn
dislocate
injure
rack
stretch
damage
distort
hurt
dislodge
tweak
put out of joint
tear
impair
jar
cramp
rend
rip
twitch
overexert
put out
bruise
kink
stress
overtax
tax
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