: 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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These wonders can grow as strange, twisted bushes or as giant, spindly trees.
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Condé Nast Traveler,
2 July 2026
While critics mostly embraced Harris’ brutal commitment to conjuring such a twisted tale, Amazon MGM put out a muddled sales pitch that grossed under $5 million domestically.
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Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
2 July 2026
Minority Report is a crime thriller with all kinds of twisted, sci-fi futurism tech from sick sticks to eye-digging robots.
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Grace Dean,
Space.com,
1 July 2026
The rubble towered over her in a heap of broken concrete and twisted metal.
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Joshua Partlow,
The Atlantic,
30 June 2026
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Condé Nast Traveler,
2 July 2026
While critics mostly embraced Harris’ brutal commitment to conjuring such a twisted tale, Amazon MGM put out a muddled sales pitch that grossed under $5 million domestically.
—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
2 July 2026
Minority Report is a crime thriller with all kinds of twisted, sci-fi futurism tech from sick sticks to eye-digging robots.
—
Grace Dean,
Space.com,
1 July 2026
The rubble towered over her in a heap of broken concrete and twisted metal.
—
Joshua Partlow,
The Atlantic,
30 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for twisted
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“Twisted.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/twisted. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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