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contortions

NOUN

distortion, mutilation

Synonyms

STRONGEST

deformation deformity

STRONG

anamorphosis crookedness dislocation grimace malformation pout twist ugliness unsightliness

WEAK

misproportion misshapement wryness

Antonyms

STRONG

grin smile

WEAK

beauty smoothness

Example Sentences

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Arco Renz’s choreography of the students as they haunt the present day makes their distress visible through physical contortions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

Many have described Djokovic's on-court contortions as "super-human".

From BBC • Sep. 5, 2025

The contortions of so many travelers bending, crouching, and hopping alongside the metal detector lent comic flavor to the plane journey.

From Slate • Jul. 10, 2025

All of those candidate contortions bring to mind a line from Hamlet: To thine own self be true.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 22, 2024

Romero never made any contortions, always it was straight and pure and natural in line.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway