Dec 4, 2016 · When trying to say something uncomfortable or dishonest, people often go through verbal contortions. But when someone else "twists" something you said or did, we usually say …

CONTORTING definition: 1. present participle of contort 2. to (cause something to) twist or bend violently and unnaturally…. Learn more.

To cause to deviate from what is normal, proper, or accurate: The leaders of the movement contorted their own principles in trying to get what they wanted. To become contorted: "Her …

CONTORT definition: to twist, bend, or draw out of shape; distort. See examples of contort used in a sentence.

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. [VERB] The gentlest touch …

To contort something is to bend or twist it out of its original shape. Faces are often said to contort with one particular emotion or another.

Definition of contort verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. to become twisted or make something twisted out of its natural or normal shape. His face contorted with anger. …

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English con‧tort /kənˈtɔːt $ -ɔːrt/ verb [intransitive, transitive] if you contort something, or if it contorts, it twists out of its normal shape and looks …

Contorting refers to twisting or bending out of the normal shape or position. This term is often used to describe extreme movements of the body, especially in contexts like dance, …

Her face was contorted with/in rage/anger. We could not follow her contorted [= twisted, convoluted] reasoning/logic.