: 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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The inside is dark and twisted, much like her own insides.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025
In Hula, Chreim's three-story house is now a pile of stone rubble and twisted iron.
—Jane Arraf, NPR, 3 Nov. 2025
Usually, one of those socks ends up inside the twisted sheet, and both come out of the dryer soaking wet.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 3 Nov. 2025
Berserk is a beautiful but dark franchise, a series defined as much by Miura’s indelible designs as by the twisted brutality its characters must overcome.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
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Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025
In Hula, Chreim's three-story house is now a pile of stone rubble and twisted iron.
—Jane Arraf, NPR, 3 Nov. 2025
Usually, one of those socks ends up inside the twisted sheet, and both come out of the dryer soaking wet.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 3 Nov. 2025
Berserk is a beautiful but dark franchise, a series defined as much by Miura’s indelible designs as by the twisted brutality its characters must overcome.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 31 Oct. 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 7 Nov. 2025.
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