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Definition of twisted
: 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. — Cynthia Heimel
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This year at Cannes, Jessica Chastain walked the red carpet with this twisted style.
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His quick death meant plenty of time for Xavier to pursue other acting opportunities, including a lead role in twisted love story Adore and a spot in Brad Pitt's 2014 film Fury.
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If so then these dads were pretty twisted patriarchs.
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Palahniuk is a prolific author known for his violent and twisted fiction.
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In other situations, the child's leg became twisted during the ride down.
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The fast launch is still startling, and the sight just before the train emerges from the gamma-ray accelerator looks like the track ahead is twisted and broken.
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The arrest is another blow for the small West Miami-Dade city beset by the arrests of public officials in recent years, many of them stemming from a twisted relationship with a tow company that worked in cahoots with cops to shake down motorists.
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With attacks in Egypt, Britain and Iran among others and a land-grab in the Philippines, the group is trying to divert attention from its losses and win over supporters around the world in the twisted competition for jihadi recruits.
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First Known Use of twisted
circa 1890
TWISTED Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of twisted for English Language Learners
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: strange and unpleasant : not normal
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