Associations to the word «Contorted»

Wiktionary

CONTORTED, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of contort

Dictionary definition

CONTORTED, adjective. Twisted (especially as in pain or struggle); "his mad contorted smile"; "writhed lips"; "my writhen features"- Walter scott.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats