contort

English - Turkish

Definition of contort in English Turkish dictionary: buruşturmak; burma; eğme; buruşmak; (yüz/vb.) buruşturmak; bük; buruştur; bükük; contortionist vücudunu türlü şekillere sokan akrobat; {f} bükmek; {f} eğmek; {f} burmak, bükmek, eğmek, çarpıtmak; -i çarpıtarak tuhaf/anormal bir şekle sokmak; {f} kıvırmak; contortion burulma; buruş/buruştur; eğilme; contorted buruşuk; {f} saptırmak; {f} çarpıtmak; bükülme
contorted: buruşuk
contorted: eğri büğrü
contorted: bükük
contortion: eğrilme
contortion: çarpıtma
contorted: {f} bük
contortion: bükülme
contortion: kıvrık
contortion: burma
contorted: bükülen
contortion: (Tıp) Burulu olma, burma, burulma, contortus
contortion: {i} burulma
contortion: {i} bükme
contortion: {i} eğme
contortion: {i} burulma, bükülme, eğilme; -i çarpıtarak tuhaf/anormal bir şekle sokma
contortion: buruşturma/buruşma

English - English

Definition of contort in English English dictionary: To twist in a violent manner; as, features contorted with fury; To twist into or as if into a strained shape or expression; to twist into a misshapen form; {a} twisted, spiral; {v} to twist, turn, writhe, wrest, torture; To twist, or twist together; to turn awry; to bend; to distort; to wrest; If someone's face or body contorts or is contorted, it moves into an unnatural and unattractive shape or position. His face contorts as he screams out the lyrics The gentlest of her caresses would contort his already tense body Brenner was breathing hard, his face contorted with pain. if you contort something, or if it contorts, it twists out of its normal shape and looks strange or unattractive contort with/in (past participle of contorquere, from com- ( COM-) + torquere ); {f} twist out of shape, bend; distort; twist and press out of shape
contortion: A form of acrobatic display which involves the dramatic bending and flexing of the human body
contorted: Twisted back upon itself, as some parts of plants
contorted: past of contort
contorted: strained or wrenched out of normal shape; "old trees with contorted branches"; "scorched and distorted fragments of steel"; "trapped under twisted steel girders"
contorted: Twisted, or twisted together
contorted: twisted (especially as in pain or struggle); "his mad contorted smile"; "writhed lips"; "my writhen features"- Walter scott
contorted: {s} distorted, deformed, twisted out of its normal shape or appearance, twisted; convoluted
contorted: Arranged so as to overlap each other; as, petals in contorted or convolute æstivation
contorted: twisted
contorting: present participle of contort
contortion: yourself
contortion: A twisting; a writhing; wry motion; a twist; as, the contortion of the muscles of the face
contortion: Contortions are movements of your body or face into unusual shapes or positions. I had to admire the contortions of the gymnasts
contortion: a tortuous and twisted shape or position; "they built a tree house in the tortuosities of its boughs"; "the acrobat performed incredible contortions"
contortion: the act of twisting or deforming the shape of something e
contortion: The act of contorting, twisting or deforming something, especially oneself
contortion: {i} twisting, bending; distorting
contortion: the act of twisting or deforming the shape of something (e g , yourself)
contortions: plural of contortion
contorts: third-person singular of contort

contort

Hyphenation

con·tort

Turkish pronunciation

kıntôrt

Synonyms

deform, detort, twist, bend, convolute, curve, gnarl, knot, misshape, torture, warp, wind, wrench, writhe

Antonyms

beautify, smooth

Pronunciation

/kənˈtôrt/ /kənˈtɔːrt/

Etymology

[ k&n-'tort ] (verb.) 15th century. con- + -tort, from Middle English, from Latin contortus, past participle of contorquere, from com- + torqueō (“twist, turn”).