Synonyms of contorting

contorting

verb

present participle of contort

as in distorting

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

• distorting
• deforming
• torturing
• screwing
• curling
• warping
• misshaping
• disfiguring
• squinching
• defacing
• winding
• coiling
• looping
• spiraling
• twining
• wrenching
• wringing
• wresting
• wreathing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• straightening
• uncurling
• unbending

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of contorting

Scientists at Northwestern University in the US and the University of California, Santa Barbara, have discovered a consistent anchor point on tau proteins where the molecules meet before contorting into a pathogenic shape. — Mike McRae 13, New Atlas, 14 Oct. 2026

There’s a slickness to the carnage that rubs uncomfortably against the film’s humanist ethos, rendering artificial (for all Shen Teng’s trembling and mouth-contorting labors) the horrific tragedies that befall its characters. — Beatrice Loayza, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026

Yan jumped up — way up — into the air, contorting his legs into somewhat of a split. — Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026

Devotees of his fashions will likely disagree, seeing his pencil strokes bring to life elegant dresses and coats with flame-like lapels, or depict a crane and a contorting human with the same energetic strokes. — Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 21 July 2026

His adjustments to poor throws at Auburn often presented the illusion that Coleman was levitating before contorting to make a spectacular play. — Nick Baumgardner, New York Times, 15 July 2026

Videos and photos circulating on social media showed steel columns on the building’s higher floors buckling and contorting on Tuesday. — Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 8 July 2026

The way Adult Swim’s slate of low-fi, off-kilter programming managed to interrupt the monotony of 2000s cable TV, Friedland’s show follows a familiar format while subtly contorting it. — Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 29 June 2026

But the same dystopian phenomenon is contorting the whole labor market. — Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic, 2 June 2026