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Synonyms for contort

Grammar : Verb
Spell : kuh n-tawrt
Phonetic Transcription : kənˈtɔrt

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Définition of contort

Origin :
  • early 15c., from Latin contortus, past participle of contorquere "to whirl, twist together," from com- "together" or intensive (see com-) + torquere "to twist" (see thwart). Related: Contorted; contorting.
  • verb disfigure, distort
Example sentences :
  • Let talent writhe and contort itself as it may, it has no such magnetism.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Edgar Allan Poe » by Edgar Allan Poe
  • She did not see his face change and contort itself into malignancy.
  • Extract from : « The Soul Stealer » by Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull
  • I kept seeing that Spanish woman whirl around and contort, and—do you mind my telling you?
  • Extract from : « The Golden House » by Charles Dudley Warner
  • Contort the eyebrow sufficiently, and place the eyeball near it,—by a few lines you have anger or fierceness depicted.
  • Extract from : « Roundabout Papers » by William Makepeace Thackeray
  • He could see her breast and shoulders heave and twist, and contort in a fury of effort.
  • Extract from : « Angel Island » by Inez Haynes Gillmore
  • Field could contort his face into a thunder-cloud which could send children almost into convulsions of fear.
  • Extract from : « Eugene Field, A Study In Heredity And Contradictions » by Slason Thompson
  • As he spoke a spasm seemed to contort the body of the dying man.
  • Extract from : « Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea » by Charles H. L. Johnston
  • The rabbit, which had been hanging placidly suspended, was now seized with spasms and began to twitch and contort violently.
  • Extract from : « Boy Woodburn » by Alfred Ollivant
  • That it is possible so to contort the face as to render it unrecognizable is seen in some cases of angina pectoris, of course.
  • Extract from : « The Haunting of Low Fennel » by Sax Rohmer

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