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Definition of contortion

the act of twisting or deforming the shape of something (e.g., yourself)
a tortuous and twisted shape or position; "they built a tree house in the tortuosities of its boughs"; "the acrobat performed incredible contortions"

Similar Words: deformation, tortuosity, tortuousness, torsion, crookedness

Derivational Morphology: contort, deform, distort, wring, flex, bend, twist, turn

Anagrams: contrition

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