twisted
/ˈtwɪstɪd/ adjective B2- Consisting of two or more threads, strands or the like intertwined; formed by twisting or twining.
- Mentally or emotionally distorted or unsound; perverted. · twisted sense of humor· The murders were committed by a twisted sociopath.
- Having the intended meaning altered or misrepresented; misunderstood. · Don't get this twisted. Just because I don't hate you doesn't mean we're friends.
- Distorted or contorted by tensing the facial muscles.
- Under heavy influence of intoxicants, usually alcohol and marijuana; very intoxicated. · Dude I’m so twisted right now.
- Having a spiral ornament inside.
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“It twisted when I fell.”
Mowgli stood as quietly as he could, peering through the open work and listening to the furious din of the fight round the Black Panther--the yells and chatterings and scufflings, and Bagheera’s deep, hoarse cough as he backed and bucked and twisted and plunged under the heaps of his enemies.
Marilla was a tall, thin woman, with angles and without curves; her dark hair showed some gray streaks and was always twisted up in a hard little knot behind with two wire hairpins stuck aggressively through it.
Richard Spencer’s folks have twisted that message somehow.
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