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adjective

as in twisted

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kinked

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verb

past tense of kink
as in warped

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Recent Examples of kinked
Adjective
Stafford explains that this gap helps keep the hoses from being crushed or kinked, which can lead to speedy wear and tear, leaks, and drainage issues. — Maria Sabella, The Spruce, 24 May 2026 Twin brothers, these rapscallions can be told apart by Boris’s kinked tail and the colors of their collars. — Literary Hub, 10 Apr. 2026 Clean out any lint, hair, or residue and ensure and check to make sure the hose isn’t kinked or clogged. — Lauren Bengtson, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Oct. 2025 However, the cord can become tangled or kinked. — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 20 Oct. 2025 To preserve the svelte look, rather than appearing boxy, the floor-to-ceiling glass panels on the upper deck are subtly kinked to maintain the racing lines. — Tristan Rutherford, Robb Report, 26 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for kinked
  1. twisted
  2. warped
  3. curved
  4. coiled
  5. curled
  6. entwined
  7. twined
  8. deflected
Adjective
  • Merchandise was strewn about the vendor area and ruined; tents were left twisted and destroyed.
    — Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 7 Sep. 2026
  • At heart, the film is a twisted love letter to the glory of community theater.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of twisted
Verb
  • Common signs of moldy books include a musty or earthy smell, discoloration (especially black, white, green, or orange spots), soft or fuzzy patches on the cover or pages, and warped or wavy pages due to moisture.
    — Lauren Bengtson, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Sep. 2026
  • And from there, its view of the cosmos is odd—more than odd, really, because the star experiences severely warped time and space.
    — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of warped
Adjective
  • The curved trees were then placed on a horizontal rotating platform inside a sphere lit up from every direction.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Sep. 2026
  • The tight cropping in the monochrome nudes isolates slopes, folds, shadowed recesses and curved planes that hover between landscape and abstraction.
    — Tara Anne Dalbow, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of curved
Verb
  • For the past 860,000 years, its shell has coiled almost exclusively to the right.
    — Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 11 Sep. 2026
  • The lights dangled from white beams, their power cables coiled and hanging like tails.
    — Caitlín Doherty, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of coiled
Verb
  • Jović had match point on Eala’s serve at 4-5, 30-40, but Eala curled a serve just on the service line and Jović overcooked her backhand, sending it long.
    — Ava Wallace, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Women figured prominently in many of Mansour’s works, such as the 1984 Flight to Egypt, depicting a mother curled over her sleeping baby.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of curled
Verb
  • Although her persona as an actor will forever be entwined with a certain ‘90s sitcom, behind the camera Courteney Cox has a bit of a mean streak.
    — Katie Rife, IndieWire, 14 Sep. 2026
  • The culture of the Mets, then, was deeply entwined with the city.
    — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of entwined
Verb
  • Grief and love and infatuation and resiliency are all twined together to create a story that feels so grounded in reality.
    — Katherine Polcari, Southern Living, 19 June 2026
Definition of twined
Verb
  • Maye attempted a rare deep pass to Romeo Doubs that was deflected by Rodney Thomas II and intercepted by Nehemiah Pritchett.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Tepper deflected a couple of questions about a potential new contract extension for Young.
    — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of deflected

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