Synonyms of contorted

contorted 1 of 2

adjective

as in distorted

Related Words

• distorted
• disordered
• irregular
• unbalanced
• asymmetrical
• unsymmetrical
• skewed
• lopsided
• oblique
• tilted
• slanted
• uneven
• crooked
• pitched
• listing
• awry
• cockeyed
• askew
• slanting
• tipping
• aslant
• off-kilter
• crazy
• slantwise
• atilt
• cock-a-hoop

Dissimilar Words

• straight
• level
• even
• uniform
• regular
• orderly
• balanced
• symmetrical
• ordered

contorted

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verb

past tense of contort

as in deformed

to twist (something) out of a natural or normal shape or condition

the acrobat is able to contort his body so that it almost looks like a pretzel

Synonyms & Similar Words

• distorted
• deformed
• curled
• tortured
• screwed
• warped
• misshaped
• disfigured
• squinched
• defaced
• coiled
• wrenched
• looped
• wound
• spiraled
• twined
• wrung
• wreathed
• wrested

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• straightened
• uncurled
• unbent

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of contorted

Adjective

As the Emcee, an eerie, contorted figure who represents the slow blackening of the city’s soul, Muscato picks up from a prestigious line of talent that includes Eddie Redmayne, Billy Porter and Matt Willis. — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 8 July 2026

Barr has resolved the dilemma by writing a contorted endorsement of Blanche in The Wall Street Journal. — Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 26 June 2026

The more contorted, the more supported. — Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 26 June 2026

The contorted, impossible plot isn’t the point, but its breakneck speed is. — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 12 June 2026

The 39-year-old artist was finally gaining recognition abroad for his contorted, geometric sculptures made of thousands of hand-cut mirror shards reaching as high as 27 feet. — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 28 Apr. 2026

Last week, Boston Dynamics explained Atlas’s ground recovery, revealing why the humanoid rises with contorted movements rather than standing like a human. — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 18 Dec. 2025

Then there are a couple of realistic sculptures by Swedish artist Anna Uddenberg that feature a woman seated on a basic office chair in contorted positions that seem to emphasize her feminine parts. — Jane Wooldridge, Miami Herald, 3 Dec. 2025

Three-inch gashes had been ripped from both corners of her mouth nearly to the ears, forming a contorted, twisted smile. — Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Sep. 2025

Verb

Krzyzewski, who declined to be interviewed for this story, understood that value better than most, and willingly contorted his schedule to maximize his program’s airtime. — Brendan Marks, New York Times, 26 June 2026

But then, at some point, the term got contorted to actually refer to people who were using sabotage or vandalism in defense of the environment. — Fiction Non Fiction, Literary Hub, 25 June 2026

Starting with a tone-setting marvel early, Room contorted and unfurled himself to 15 saves — including several other stupefying ones. — Kansas City Star, 21 June 2026

In these photographs, Export contorted her body in various ways, creating striking images of her body defying the expected. — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 14 May 2026

Aether enthusiasts contorted themselves in knots attempting to explain this null result while still saving the notion of the aether itself. — Big Think, 7 May 2026

Egon Schiele’s show at the Neue Galerie suggests that the artist’s raw, contorted depictions of the body were influenced by a formative relationship with a doctor. — Hannah Jocelyn, New Yorker, 19 Mar. 2026

For the entire 15-minute show, they’ve been contorted into pieces of furniture Lawson fabricated, pieces befitting something between an asylum and BDSM dungeon, and reminiscent of Allen Jones’s 1960s Pop sculpture series, which depicts fiberglass women in fetishware as home objects. — Anna Peele, Vanity Fair, 6 Feb. 2026

In 2025, there was the Owl Arm Trend, in which Gen Z TikTokers contorted their bodies (and stretched their T-shirts) to mimic the shape of a perching owl, clinging to their friend’s arm. — Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026