TWISTED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does twisted mean? 

• TWISTED (adjective)
  The adjective TWISTED has 1 sense:

1. having an intended meaning altered or misrepresented

  Familiarity information: TWISTED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TWISTED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having an intended meaning altered or misrepresented

Synonyms:

distorted; misrepresented; perverted; twisted

Context example:

a perverted translation of the poem

Similar:

artful; disingenuous (not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness)

 Context examples 

She had raised herself from the ground, but her foot had been twisted in her fall, and she was scarcely able to stand.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

I swear that he might have twisted it off had I understood what it would mean to Garcia.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Without hair, without teeth, all twisted and bent; for me, I cannot think how the good God ever came to make such people.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He shook his head, his stern mouth shaping the strangest, twisted smile.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

The King Crow flew at the Scarecrow, who caught it by the head and twisted its neck until it died.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

Most of its efforts were ineffectual, but it was persistent, and it writhed and twisted and went ahead perhaps a score of feet an hour.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

As it is, I feel that young man’s grip on my throat now, and the father has twisted my wrist round in the effort to get the paper out of my hand.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He twisted his arm, rolled the biceps over with his other hand, and gazed underneath where he was least touched by the sun.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Holmes twisted himself round upon the sofa to get a fairer view of the man’s excited face.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The newly-created and most accurate 3D map of galaxy reveals that it’s warped and twisted, and even more fascinating.

(Scientists Say Milky Way Is Warped & Twisted Not Flat, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)