contortion
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7.2
- noun
- /kənˈtɔrʃən/
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contorsión
- The troupe is known for its unique acts such as juggling, trapeze work, contortion, and balancing.
And do we then have to go through endless regulatory contortions to satisfy the SEC?
- And do we then have to go through endless regulatory contortions to satisfy the SEC?
- You do whatever you want, but I'm fed up with my own contortion, contorting myself in ways where, you know what, I don't feel outstanding about that.
Examples
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His lips, unused as they are to such a contortion, twisted and stretched into a smile.
Fiction book (1993) -
And do we then have to go through endless regulatory contortions to satisfy the SEC?
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Ultimately, they speak to us of access and the contortions of that access.
Academic text (2014) -
Peter, that is some fine mental contortions you are working through.
Blog text (8) -
Yeah, before I started contortion, I was always more flexible than that average gymnast.
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The dance consisted of various contortions of the body, sufficiently droll.
Academic text (1999) -
What is surprising is the rule's weirdness: the contortions the EPA performs to make the proposal seem reasonable.
Blog text (8) -
Between 1911 and 1949, China's legal system suffered many contortions as it grappled with the new paradigm.
Academic text (1999) -
The dancer's performance included incredible contortions that amazed the audience.
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After the injury, his body had to undergo various contortions during his rehabilitation exercises.
Synonyms
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2.1
A change that makes something curve from being straight
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5.9
A change in the shape of an object that makes it look or work worse
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8.1
A force that twists an object so it turns around its axis
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5.9
A bending of a body part, often the spine, that is not normal
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2.4
Turning something around quickly so it spins
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5.5
A bent, not straight shape like a picture frame or tree trunk
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7.8
Bending or twisting of a thing so it loses its original shape
Something that no longer looks like its original form after bending or heat
Bending of a beam or other part so it is not straight
A part of something that bends inward like a spine or branch
A curve that bends inward
The way something becomes a different form when it is bent, heated, or pressed
How Twisted
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Contortion comes from Latin parts con- 'together' and torquere 'to twist', and you can see the same root in common words like distort and torque. So a contortion is the act of twisting or bending something out of its normal shape.