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Synonyms for contortion
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : kuh n-tawr-shuh n |
| Phonetic Transcription : kənˈtɔr ʃən |
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Définition of contortion
Origin :- early 15c., from Middle French contorsion or directly from Latin contortionem (nominative contorsio), noun of action from past participle stem of contorquere (see contort).
- noun distortion, mutilation
- A smile is sometimes bewitching, in general vapid, often a contortion.
- Extract from : « Tancred » by Benjamin Disraeli
- "Can't raise the other one," said the citizen, with a contortion of his lineaments.
- Extract from : « Sixes and Sevens » by O. Henry
- Every mouth that was not making a contortion was emitting yells.
- Extract from : « The Memoirs of Victor Hugo » by Victor Hugo
- A Feat in Contortion: To make both ends meet on $8 per week.
- Extract from : « The Foolish Almanak » by Anonymous
- I had been a good balancer in my contortion days, and this was also an asset.
- Extract from : « The Autobiography of a Clown » by Isaac Frederick Marcosson
- Do you see there is a slight, but distinct, contortion of the face, just as there was after that fit?
- Extract from : « The Lost Heir » by G. A. Henty
- They were in every kind of shape and contortion that could indicate a violent death.
- Extract from : « Campaign of the Indus » by T.W.E. Holdsworth
- Her laugh consisted of a contortion of the face and all the muscles of the body.
- Extract from : « The Awakening and Selected Short Stories » by Kate Chopin
- The uglier the contortion and more frightful the grimace, the louder they laughed.
- Extract from : « Big Brother » by Annie Fellows-Johnston
- The fixity continues, and is only deepened into contortion and grimace.
- Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 13, No. 76, February, 1864 » by Various
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