: mentally or emotionally unsound or disturbed : sick
a cruel, twisted mind
And you know there will be some strange and twisted bitter man who will listen to all our messages.—
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What’s certain is that this is his first work to tackle his own profession head-on, in a Pirandello-esque movie-within-a-movie that plays out like a twisted and uproarious take on François Truffaut’s behind-the-scenes favorite, Day for Night.
—Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 May 2024
And San Francisco is one more twisted ankle or tweaked oblique away from making the call for shortstop Marco Luciano, who is doing exactly what was expected in Sacramento at the plate.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 13 May 2024
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Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 May 2024
And San Francisco is one more twisted ankle or tweaked oblique away from making the call for shortstop Marco Luciano, who is doing exactly what was expected in Sacramento at the plate.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 13 May 2024
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“Twisted.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/twisted. Accessed 18 May. 2024.
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