This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience. Learn more

Another word for contort

a-z
Verb

  1. To alter and spoil the natural form or appearance of

      1. To spoil the beauty or appearance of; disfigure:
      2. To alter from proper or natural form; misshape:
      3. To impair the form or shape of
      1. To hurt the appearance or attractiveness of; deform; deface; mar
      2. To mar or spoil the appearance or shape of; deform.
      3. Change the appearance of something/someone to the negative.
      1. To modify (a wave, sound, signal, etc.) so as to produce an unfaithful reproduction
      2. To twist out of a proper or natural relation of parts; misshape:
      3. To twist out of shape; change the usual or normal shape, form, or appearance of
      1. To shape badly or incorrectly. [from 15th c.]
      2. To shape badly; deform
      1. To pull, break, or snap by turning:
      2. To impart a spiral or coiling shape to, as by turning the ends in opposite directions:
      3. To wrench or sprain:
    See also:

    beautiful

© Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Another word for contort

Verb
      1. To modify (a wave, sound, signal, etc.) so as to produce an unfaithful reproduction
      2. To twist out of a proper or natural relation of parts; misshape:
      3. To twist out of shape; change the usual or normal shape, form, or appearance of
      1. To alter from proper or natural form; misshape:
      2. To spoil the beauty or appearance of; disfigure:
      3. To impair the form or shape of
      1. To shape badly or incorrectly. [from 15th c.]
      2. To shape badly; deform
      1. To pull, break, or snap by turning:
      2. To impart a spiral or coiling shape to, as by turning the ends in opposite directions:
      3. To wrench or sprain:
    See also:

    bend

    distort

    distort

© WEBSTER’S NEW WORLD® ROGET’S A-Z THESAURUS by Charlton Laird and the editors of Webster’s New World dictionaries. Copyright © 1999 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Sentence Examples

  • Children liked playing with Stretch because they could contort him into just about any type of position that they could imagine.

  • You don't need to contort your family members into human pretzels in order to score a decent group shot.

  • Don't be afraid to move around and contort your body capture the best angle.

  • Anyone can strike a pose, but it takes a certain skill to contort your body into a figure that is flattering and photographs well.

  • He watched Rhyn's body contort beneath the spells of Rhyn's brother, Sasha.

More sentences →

Words that mention contort in the Dictionary

Words near contort in the Thesaurus