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verb (used with object)
1.
to twist, bend, or draw out of shape; distort.
verb (used without object)
2.
to become twisted, distorted, or strained: His face contorted into a grotesque sneer.
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Contort
is always a great word to know.
So is consort. Does it mean:
| to make impure or unsuitable by contact or mixture with something unclean |
| spouse of a reigning monarch |
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Example Sentences
- Don't contort your prose to conform to some idea-probably mistaken-of what academe requires.
- Fits were when the girls would twitch and contort their bodies into strange shapes.
- Pro saxophonists contort their vocal tracts to climb the upper registers.
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Word Origin & History
contort
1622, from L. contortus, prp. of contorquere "to whirl, twist," from com- "together" + torquere "to twist" (see thwart). Related: Contorted (pp. adj., 1620s).
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