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The coming and going of the seasons give us more than the springtimes, summers, autumns, and winters of our lives. It reflects the coming and going of the circumstances of our lives like the glassy surface of a pond that shows our faces radiant with joy or contorted with pain.
Gary Zukav

Meaning of "contorted" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CONTORTED

contorted  [kənˈtɔːtɪd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CONTORTED

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Contorted is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES CONTORTED MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Contortion

Contortion is an unusual form of physical display which involves the dramatic bending and flexing of the human body. Contortion is often part of acrobatics and circus acts. In general, "contortionists" have unusual natural flexibility, which is then enhanced through acrobatic training, or they put themselves through intense, repetitive and consistent training to gain this flexibility. However, even those with genetic, sex, or age disadvantages can attain the same level of flexibility albeit with slower progress. In some countries like Mongolia, many people learn contortion and it is considered a nationally respected art form that holds cultural importance. For hundreds of years contortionists have entertained crowds all over Mongolia. Contortionists usually start practicing from a very early age. In Mongolia the minimum acceptable age is 5, as they believe contortion can cause bone deformities in younger children. Some sports, rhythmic gymnastics for example, demand extreme flexibility but not the hand balancing skills or performance skills of a contortionist.

Definition of contorted in the English dictionary

The definition of contorted in the dictionary is twisted out of shape. Other definition of contorted is twisted so that they overlap on one side.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CONTORTED


assorted
əˈsɔːtɪd
converted
kənˈvɜːtɪd
distorted
dɪsˈtɔːtɪd
distributed
dɪˈstrɪbjuːtɪd
heated
ˈhiːtɪd
imported
ɪmˈpɔːtɪd
inserted
ɪnˈsɜːtɪd
purported
pɜːˈpɔːtɪd
repeated
rɪˈpiːtɪd
sorted
ˈsɔːtɪd
suited
ˈsuːtɪd
thoughted
ˈθɔːtɪd
unaborted
ˌʌnəˈbɔːtɪd
undistorted
ˌʌndɪˈstɔːtɪd
unescorted
ˌʌnɪsˈkɔːtɪd
unreported
ˌʌnrɪˈpɔːtɪd
unsorted
ʌnˈsɔːtɪd
unsupported
ˌʌnsəˈpɔːtɪd
warted
ˈwɔːtɪd
well-assorted
ˌwɛləˈsɔːtɪd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CONTORTED

conto
contorniate
contorno
contort
contortedly
contortedness
contortion
contortional
contortionate
contortioned
contortionism
contortionist
contortionistic
contortive
contour
contour feather
contour flying
contour interval
contour line
contour map

WORDS THAT END LIKE CONTORTED

brokenhearted
concerted
departed
deserted
downhearted
half-hearted
ill-assorted
ill-sorted
introverted
kind-hearted
light-hearted
not for the faint-hearted
open-hearted
parted
perverted
skirted
softhearted
uncharted
uncomforted
well-supported

Synonyms and antonyms of contorted in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «CONTORTED»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «contorted» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of contorted

Translation of «contorted» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CONTORTED

Find out the translation of contorted to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of contorted from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «contorted» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

扭曲
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

contorsionada
570 millions of speakers

English

contorted
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पीला पड़
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ملتوية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

искаженным
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

contorcido
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আকুঁচিত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

contorsionné
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Contorted
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

verzerrt
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ねじ曲げられた
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

뒤틀린
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Contorted
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

méo mó
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

முறுக்க
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कॉन्टॉर्ड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

contorted
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

contorto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wykrzywioną
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

спотвореним
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

contorsionate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

παραμορφωμένες
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

krul
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

förvridna
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

forvridd
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CONTORTED»

The term «contorted» is regularly used and occupies the 84.880 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about contorted

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2 QUOTES WITH «CONTORTED»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word contorted.
1
Jane Birkin
I know what it's like to have someone coming home who looks at you not in the way they used to in the old days, and I've seen my own face contorted with sadness and rage in the mirror.
2
Gary Zukav
The coming and going of the seasons give us more than the springtimes, summers, autumns, and winters of our lives. It reflects the coming and going of the circumstances of our lives like the glassy surface of a pond that shows our faces radiant with joy or contorted with pain.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CONTORTED»

Discover the use of contorted in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to contorted and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Self-assembled Electrical Materials from Contorted Aromatics
This thesis describes the design, synthesis, self-assembly and electrical properties of new types of contorted polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.
Shengxiong Xiao, 2007
2
A Guide to English Grammar: Conjugation of Verbs Volume IV
4. Imperative. Mood. Present Tense Singular Plural contort or contort you contort or contort you Infinitive Present Present Perfect to contort to have contorted Participles Present contorting Past contorted Perfect having contorted ...
Bessie Brooks, 2012
3
Contorted: A Twisted Life
"Sharmeka Jackson is delt a horrid hand of life's adventures as she struggles to maintain normalcy.
Juliet Carr, G. J. Granison, 2011
4
Image and Brain: The Resolution of the Imagery Debate
Perhaps the most difficult problem in object identification occurs when an object is contorted in a novel way so that its shape is dissimilar to any familiar shape associated with the object (such as might occur when a cat is sleeping in an ...
Stephen Michael Kosslyn, Stephen M. Kosslyn, 1996
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Notes on the Intraformational Contorted Strata at Trenton Falls
2 Contorted zones are known to have been produced by differential movement of more resistant beds over weaker beds in various regions of folded rocks (for example, Marquette district of Michigan). 3 The parallelism of the strike of the folds ...
William John Miller, 1915
6
General View of the Agriculture and Minerals of Derbyshire: ...
... the most flat and perfect stratification imaginable, is to be seen ; and yet it is not a little singular, that these same strata, often at a short distance from very flat parts of them, produce the most curiously contorted and undulating strata that can , ...
Great Britain. Board of Agriculture, John Farey, 1815
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Agricultural Surveys: pts. 1-3. Derbyshire (1811-17)
... true and horizontal are seen lying. North-east of Wood- eaves Cotton-Mills, about 2| m. N N E of Ashburne, another curiously contorted part of these strata is to be seen, and, in smaller degrees, in Kniveton Lime Quarries, N E of the ...
Great Britain. Board of Agriculture, 1811
8
The Supai Group of Grand Canyon
In the Supai Group, nearly all contorted structures seem to be attributable to either loading or avalanching. The numerous varieties of contorted strata occur widely scattered through the four formations of the Supai. Differential loading with  ...
Edwin Dinwiddie McKee, 1982
9
No Dig, No Fly, No Go: How Maps Restrict and Control
CHAPTER. SEVEN. CONTORTED. BOUNDARIES,. WASTED. VOTES. A reviewer once complained that my book on redrawing congressional districts offered “no clear point of view.”1 While the review was generally favorable, the remark ...
Mark Monmonier, 2010
10
Researches in theoretical geology
When, therefore, we find contorted strata on the surface of dry land, we know that they are not now in the same relative position in which they were so contorted. The pressure of the atmosphere being insufficient to produce the effect required,  ...
Henry Thomas De La Beche, Edward Hitchcock, 1837

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CONTORTED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term contorted is used in the context of the following news items.
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'60s absurdist play 'The Physicists' still has relevance
It's the corpse of a murdered nurse, her body contorted, her white shoe sticking comically out of a painted portrait to the rear of the stage. «Detroit Free Press, Jul 15»
2
Exhibit spotlights the Boston School of painting
Many critics expressed outrage and dismay at the clashing colors and contorted forms in post-Impressionist, Fauvist, and Cubist works. «Boston Globe, Jul 15»
3
Investors will begin work on Darlington's Hammond's Corner
The building now has broken windows and a contorted cast iron staircase among other things. However, previous investors failed to fulfill their ... «WBTW - Myrtle Beach and Florence SC, Jul 15»
4
Taste test: Purple Monkey cheesecakes
Slices of fresh mango draped and contorted to mimic a flower bud. – HungryGoWhere pic, July 8, 2015.Sinful Mango V2.0. Purple Monkey's ... «The Malaysian Insider, Jul 15»
5
Tactics Tuesday: New Formation, New Result
And what a winner it was -- to get that sort of power and accuracy from that contorted body position and from that distance from goal was a real ... «Burgundy Wave, Jul 15»
6
Heckling a Yankees fan landed editor in a Baltimore prison hell
And this usher led us out as well, still yapping at me, his face red and contorted, acting as if he'd just discovered Osama bin Laden hiding in ... «World Tribune, Jul 15»
7
WWII POW honored on his 90th birthday
After a couple of contorted attempts, he finally succeeded but ripped his parachute in the process. There was no time to replay childhood ... «Redwood Times, Jul 15»
8
Vote yes on July 11
... to salvage the police station from the impenetrable morass of contorted convolutions that have tied this vital public project into a Gordian knot. «Seacoastonline.com, Jul 15»
9
Disco Noise Brings Circuit Bent Experimental Sound to Pine Avenue
Contorted circuits, plug-ins, sine wave generators, as well as video projections will fill the Bungalow Art Center on Pine Avenue for all those ... «Long Beach Post, Jul 15»
10
What??? This bluejay looks like it's dying! | HamptonRoads.com …
You might see them, with their wings cocked up at odd angles or their heads held in contorted positions, but always looking like they are not ... «The Virginian-Pilot, Jul 15»

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