CONTORTION as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the act of twisting or deforming the shape of something (e.g., yourself)
   Synonym(s)
   • deformation (what does deformation mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) contortion is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • change of shape (what does change of shape mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • contort (what does contort mean?)
   • deform (what does deform mean?)
   • distort (what does distort mean?)
   • wring (what does wring mean?)
   • flex (what does flex mean?)
   • bend (what does bend mean?)
   • deform (what does deform mean?)
   • twist (what does twist mean?)
   • turn (what does turn mean?)
   • contort (what does contort mean?)
   • deform (what does deform mean?)
   • distort (what does distort mean?)
   • wring (what does wring mean?)
2. Meaning
   • a tortuous and twisted shape or position
   Synonym(s)
   • crookedness (what does crookedness mean?)
   • torsion (what does torsion mean?)
   • tortuosity (what does tortuosity mean?)
   • tortuousness (what does tortuousness mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • they built a tree house in the tortuosities of its boughs
   • the acrobat performed incredible contortions
   Hypernyms(s) contortion is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • distorted shape (what does distorted shape mean?)
   • distortion (what does distortion mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • contort (what does contort mean?)
   • deform (what does deform mean?)
   • distort (what does distort mean?)
   • wring (what does wring mean?)