Contortverb
(transitive) To twist in a violent manner.
‘features contorted with fury.’;
Detortverb
to turn from the original or plain meaning
Contortverb
(intransitive) To twist into or as if into a strained shape or expression.
Detortverb
to pervert
Contortverb
To twist, or twist together; to turn awry; to bend; to distort; to wrest.
‘The vertebral arteries are variously contorted.’; ‘Kant contorted the term category from the proper meaning of attributed.’;
Detortverb
to wrest
Contortverb
twist and press out of shape
Detortverb
To turn form the original or plain meaning; to pervert; to wrest.