twisted

comparative more twisted · superlative most twisted

1. Consisting of two or more threads, strands or the like intertwined; formed by twisting or twining.First known use 1548
2. alsowith upMentally or emotionally distorted or unsound; perverted.

   twisted sense of humor

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   The murders were committed by a twisted sociopath.

   I was a hard niggah, but not twisted enough to eat and socialize with my peeps knowing I was planning on robbing them before the night was over.

   2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 108

   It was almost noon, and we still had more than a hundred miles to go. They would be tough miles. Very soon, I knew, we would both be completely twisted. But there was no going back, and no time to rest. We would have to ride it out.

   1971, Hunter S[tockton] Thompson, “Welcome to Las Vegas”, in The Great Shark Hunt, Simon and Schuster, published 2011, →ISBN, page 531

3. Bent out of shape or out of place; distorted; contorted.
   1. broadlyHaving the intended meaning altered or misrepresented; misunderstood.First known use 1725

      Don't get this twisted. Just because I don't hate you doesn't mean we're friends.

   2. broadlyDistorted or contorted by tensing the facial muscles.First known use 1725
4. Under heavy influence of intoxicants, usually alcohol and marijuana; very intoxicated.

   Dude I’m so twisted right now.

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   "Man is he high!" someone whispered. "Man, he's twisted! But on what? On what?"

   1958, John Clellon Holmes, The Horn, Open Road Media, published 2015, →ISBN

5. Having a spiral ornament inside.First known use 1897
6. figurativelyobsoleteIntimately associated or connected; united; combined.First known use 1574–1665

1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of twist

   Synonyms: wry, pretzelled, out of shape, coiled, deranged, disturbed, perverted, sick