: 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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Yet, even amid this dark and twisted final scene, creator Hwang has offered a path forward.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 27 June 2025
Per the game’s twisted rules, there had to be one death per round, so Gi-hun ended up sacrificing himself in heart-rendering fashion so the baby, who had taken on Jun-hee’s Player 222 role, could survive.
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 27 June 2025
Like Squid Game, Dead Set juxtaposes familiar cultural symbols and settings with grim, inevitable explosions of blood, straddling the line between twisted, compelling drama and a sobering reminder of violence lurking in our present society.
—Rory Doherty, Time, 27 June 2025
To fall back on one of horror marketing’s favorite cliches, the man has a twisted mind.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 26 June 2025
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Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 27 June 2025
Per the game’s twisted rules, there had to be one death per round, so Gi-hun ended up sacrificing himself in heart-rendering fashion so the baby, who had taken on Jun-hee’s Player 222 role, could survive.
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 27 June 2025
Like Squid Game, Dead Set juxtaposes familiar cultural symbols and settings with grim, inevitable explosions of blood, straddling the line between twisted, compelling drama and a sobering reminder of violence lurking in our present society.
—Rory Doherty, Time, 27 June 2025
To fall back on one of horror marketing’s favorite cliches, the man has a twisted mind.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 26 June 2025
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 11 Jul. 2025.
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