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atwist

/əˈtwɪst/

adverb

Twisted; distorted; awry

Scrabble 9

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Meanings

adverbatwist (not comparable)

not comparableTwisted; distorted; awry
That ys child atwiste ys poverte, that hadde al is god
c. 1280, Robert of Gloucester, Chronicle

Origin

From a- + twist.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with atwist

list assist exist hist ist fist twist consist wrist resist dismissed mist insist persist frist cyst enlist gist desist grist Liszt coexist bist piste

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APA

atwist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/atwist

MLA

“atwist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/atwist. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “atwist,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/atwist.

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