twisted
twisted Lexical Profile
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• adjective
Forced out of its natural or proper shape; bent, curled, or contorted.
"The ancient oak tree had thick, twisted branches that reached across the garden path."
Unpleasantly or perversely abnormal, cruel, or warped in character, mindset, or humor.
"The novel features a villain with a twisted sense of justice who believes he is helping his victims."
Injured by a sudden wrenching or turning of the ligaments of a joint; sprained.
"She had to sit out the remainder of the basketball tournament because of a painful twisted ankle."
Misrepresented, distorted, or falsified from its original meaning or intent.
"The historian argued that the ancient text had been subjected to a twisted interpretation over the centuries."
• Rhymes for twisted
Word Origin & Etymology
Formed as the past participial adjective of 'twist', which comes from Old English -twist (meaning a divided object or a rope of two strands), ultimately derived from the Proto-Germanic root *twis- meaning 'in two' or 'double'.