Twisting Synonyms and Antonyms

Practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. perverting
  2. wrenching
  3. sophisticating
  4. warping
  5. misrepresenting
  6. loading
  7. falsifying
  8. distorting
  9. coloring
  10. belying
Antonyms:
  1. explicating
  2. explaining
Extend in curves and turns
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. winding
  2. spiralling
  3. turning
  4. twining
  5. wringing
  6. wrenching
  7. spinning
  8. curving
  9. meandering
  10. corkscrewing
  11. revolving
  12. entwining
  13. writhing
  14. intertwining
  15. wreathing
  16. spraining
  17. warping
  18. bending
  19. coiling
  20. distorting
  21. tweaking
  22. weaving
  23. threading
  24. squirming
  25. contorting
  26. rotating
  27. deforming
  28. snaking
  29. screwing
  30. perverting
  31. misrepresenting
  32. interweaving
  33. curling
  34. twirling
  35. wrapping
Form into a spiral shape
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. distorting
  2. disfiguring
  3. deforming
  4. contorting
  5. twining
Twist or pull violently or suddenly, especially so as to remove (something) from that to which it is attached or from where it originates
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. wrenching
  2. turning
  3. spraining
Antonyms:
  1. straightening
To move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. squirming
  2. worming
  3. wriggling
  4. wrestling
  5. writhing
The act of rotating rapidly
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. distortion
  2. spin
  3. overrefinement
  4. twirl
  5. twist
  6. straining
  7. whirl
  8. torture
To alter or distort the intended meaning of:
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. distorting
Marked by repeated turns and bends
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. tortuous
  2. twisty
  3. winding
  4. voluminous

Words Related to Twisting

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. bend
  2. sideways
  3. kinking

Twisting Sentence Examples

  • She turned her face away, twisting free of his arms.

  • He reached for the door, doubt twisting his guts.

  • Traffic by street cars was made impossible by the twisting of the tracks.

  • She threw herself down to avoid the second, sent another knife in its direction to distract it, and leapt up, dancing and twisting through the lightning streams.

  • That'll keep them from twisting with wear.

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