Contort

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To twist, wrench, or bend severely out of shape: pain that contorted their faces.
  • verb-intransitive. To become twisted into a strained shape or expression. See Synonyms at distort.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To twist in a violent manner; as, features contorted with fury.
  • v. To twist into or as if into a strained shape or expression.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To twist, or twist together; to turn awry; to bend; to distort; to wrest.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To twist, draw, bend, or wrench out of shape; make crooked or deformed.
  • Twisted; contorted.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. twist and press out of shape
  • Verb Form
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    distort    twine    twist   
    Cross Reference
    distort   
    Hyponym
    morph   
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    bend    distort    wrest    twist    writhe    wreathe    deform    detort   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Court    Dort    Mort    Porte    Stuart    abort    assort    athwart    boart    bort   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    livid    clench    deform    mangle    gnarled    taut    haggard    speechless    bloated    repulsive