Synonyms of contorts

contorts

verb

present tense third-person singular of contort

as in distorts

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

• distorts
• deforms
• tortures
• curls
• warps
• screws
• misshapes
• disfigures
• squinches
• defaces
• loops
• spirals
• wrings
• coils
• winds
• twines
• wrenches
• wrests
• wreathes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• straightens
• unbends
• uncurls

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of contorts

Monk’s music contorts into an ecstatic dance, one more befitting of a ritual trance state than a night at the Five Spot. — Levi Dayan, Pitchfork, 11 May 2026

Bridges contorts his body, and jacks up an errant layup, but the play isn’t done there. — Fred Katz, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2026

As a magnetar spins on its axis at nearly the speed of light, its immense magnetic field contorts, coils and twists to pump out powerful radiation. — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 11 Mar. 2026

At this point, you’d be forgiven for expecting a straightforward werewolf story, but Cassidy’s novel stretches and contorts into something far stranger, more audacious, and ultimately, both heartbreaking and triumphant. — Emma Alpern, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2025

With an almost modern-day Charlie Chaplin-esque physicality, Moss dances, contorts, and frolics amongst the shoes, their boxes, and fixtures in the store for a mesmerizing, can't-look-away effect. — Roxanne Robinson, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025