Meanings
verbcontort (third-person singular simple present contorts, present participle contorting, simple past and past participle contorted)
present singular third person contorts · participle present contorting · participle past contorted · past contorted
- intransitiveTo twist into or as if into a strained shape or expression.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latincontortus
- Englishcontort
Equivalent to con- + -tort; from Middle English, borrowed from Latin contortus, past participle of contorqueō, from com- + torqueō (“twist, turn”).
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian изкривявам, изкривявам
- изкривявам (izkrivjavam)to twist in a violent manner
- изкривявам (izkrivjavam)to twist into or as if into a strained shape or expression
Catalan torçar, contorsionar-se
- torçarto twist in a violent manner
- contorsionar-seto twist in a violent manner
- contorsionar-seto twist into or as if into a strained shape or expression
Czech zkroutit, zkřivit se
- zkroutitto twist in a violent manner
- zkřivit seto twist into or as if into a strained shape or expression
- zkroutit seto twist into or as if into a strained shape or expression
Dutch verwringen, verwrongen of ontzet raken
- verwringento twist in a violent manner
- verwrongen of ontzet rakento twist into or as if into a strained shape or expression
French se contorsionner
- se contorsionnerto twist in a violent manner
German verzerren
- verzerrento twist into or as if into a strained shape or expression
Māori whakapī, whakakōiro
- whakapīto twist in a violent manner
- whakakōiroto twist into or as if into a strained shape or expression
- whakapīto twist into or as if into a strained shape or expression
Norwegian Bokmål forvri
- forvrito twist in a violent manner
Polish wykręcać, wykręcić
- wykręcaćto twist in a violent manner
- wykręcićto twist in a violent manner
- wykrzywiać sięto twist into or as if into a strained shape or expression
- wykrzywić sięto twist into or as if into a strained shape or expression
Portuguese contorcer, contorcer-se
- contorcerto twist in a violent manner
- contorcer-seto twist into or as if into a strained shape or expression
Russian деформировать, скручивать
- деформировать (deformirovatʹ)to twist in a violent manner
- скручивать (skručivatʹ)to twist in a violent manner
- изгиба́ть (izgibátʹ)to twist in a violent manner
- искривля́ть (iskrivljátʹ)to twist into or as if into a strained shape or expression
- искажа́ть (iskažátʹ)to twist into or as if into a strained shape or expression
Spanish contorsionar
- contorsionarto twist into or as if into a strained shape or expression
Swedish förvrida
- förvridato twist in a violent manner
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with contort
supportreportcourtshortsortportsporttransportresortfortimportexportescorttortquartforteabortsnortwortmortortdistortconsortthwart
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Cite this entry
APA
contort. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/contort
MLA
“contort.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/contort. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “contort,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/contort.
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