Exact Match:
- contortion
- the act of twisting or deforming the shape of something (e.g., yourself)
Synonyms:
Related Words:
- imbalance
collapse - a lack of balance or state of disequilibrium; "a hormonal imbalance" related words >
- anamorphism,
- anamorphosis,
- asymmetry,
- buckle,
- contortion,
- contrariety,
- crookedness,
- detorsion,
- deviation,
- difference,
- disequilibrium,
- disparity,
- disproportion,
- distortion,
- gnarl,
- heterogeneity,
- inadequacy,
- inequality,
- inequity,
- injustice,
- insufficiency,
- irregularity,
- knot,
- lopsidedness,
- nonuniformity,
- odds,
- overbalance,
- quirk,
- screw,
- shortcoming,
- torsion,
- tortuosity,
- turn,
- twist,
- unbalance,
- unevenness,
- unfair discrimination,
- unsymmetry,
- warp,
- wrench,
- wrest,
- wring
- asymmetry
collapse
- (mathematics) a lack of symmetry related words >
- ambiguity,
- ambivalence,
- anamorphism,
- anamorphosis,
- antinomy,
- buckle,
- contortion,
- contrariety,
- crookedness,
- detorsion,
- deviation,
- difference,
- disequilibrium,
- disparity,
- disproportion,
- disproportionateness,
- distortion,
- equivocality,
- gnarl,
- heresy,
- heterodoxy,
- heterogeneity,
- imbalance,
- inadequacy,
- incoherence,
- incommensurability,
- incompatibility,
- incongruity,
- inconsistency,
- inconsonance,
- inequality,
- inequity,
- injustice,
- insufficiency,
- irreconcilability,
- irregularity,
- knot,
- lopsidedness,
- nonconformability,
- nonconformity,
- nonuniformity,
- odds,
- overbalance,
- oxymoron,
- paradox,
- quirk,
- screw,
- self-contradiction,
- shortcoming,
- torsion,
- tortuosity,
- turn,
- twist,
- unbalance,
- unconformability,
- unconformity,
- unevenness,
- unfair discrimination,
- unorthodoxy,
- unsymmetry,
- warp,
- wrench,
- wrest,
- wring
- torsion
collapse
- a twisting force related words >
- ambages,
- anamorphism,
- anamorphosis,
- anfractuosity,
- asymmetry,
- buckle,
- circuitousness,
- circumambages,
- circumbendibus,
- circumlocution,
- circumvolution,
- contortion,
- convolution,
- crinkle,
- crinkling,
- crookedness,
- deflection,
- deflexure,
- detorsion,
- deviation,
- diffraction,
- diffusion,
- dispersion,
- disproportion,
- distortion,
- flection,
- flexuosity,
- flexuousness,
- flexure,
- gnarl,
- imbalance,
- intorsion,
- involution,
- irregularity,
- knot,
- lopsidedness,
- meander,
- meandering,
- quirk,
- refraction,
- rivulation,
- scatter,
- screw,
- sinuation,
- sinuosity,
- sinuousness,
- skewness,
- slinkiness,
- snakiness,
- stress,
- torque,
- tortility,
- tortuosity,
- tortuousness,
- turn,
- turning,
- twist,
- twisting,
- undulation,
- unsymmetry,
- warp,
- wave,
- waving,
- winding,
- wrench,
- wrest,
- wring
- buckle
collapse
- fastener that fastens together two ends of a belt or strap; often has loose prong
- fold or collapse; "His knees buckled"
- fasten with a buckle or buckles related words >
- anamorphism,
- anamorphosis,
- articulate,
- asymmetry,
- batten,
- batten down,
- bend,
- bolt,
- bulge,
- butt,
- button,
- catch,
- cave in,
- clasp,
- cleat,
- clip,
- collapse,
- contort,
- contortion,
- crook,
- crookedness,
- crumple,
- detorsion,
- deviation,
- disproportion,
- distort,
- distortion,
- dovetail,
- fastener,
- fastening,
- gnarl,
- hasp,
- hinge,
- hitch,
- hook,
- imbalance,
- irregularity,
- jam,
- joint,
- knot,
- latch,
- lock,
- lopsidedness,
- miter,
- mortise,
- nail,
- peg,
- pin,
- quirk,
- rabbet,
- rivet,
- scarf,
- screw,
- sew,
- skewer,
- snap,
- spring,
- staple,
- stick,
- stitch,
- tack,
- toggle,
- torsion,
- tortuosity,
- turn,
- turn awry,
- twist,
- unsymmetry,
- warp,
- wedge,
- wrench,
- wrest,
- wring,
- writhe,
- zipper
- disproportion
collapse
- lack of proportion; imbalance among the parts of something related words >
- ambiguity,
- ambivalence,
- anamorphism,
- anamorphosis,
- antinomy,
- asymmetry,
- buckle,
- contortion,
- contrariety,
- crookedness,
- derangement,
- detorsion,
- deviation,
- difference,
- disarrangement,
- disarray,
- disarticulation,
- discomfiture,
- discomposure,
- disconcertedness,
- disequilibrium,
- disharmony,
- dishevelment,
- disintegration,
- disjunction,
- disorder,
- disorderliness,
- disorganization,
- disparity,
- disproportionateness,
- disruption,
- dissimilarity,
- distortion,
- disturbance,
- entropy,
- equivocality,
- gnarl,
- haphazardness,
- heresy,
- heterodoxy,
- heterogeneity,
- imbalance,
- imparity,
- inadequacy,
- incoherence,
- incommensurability,
- incompatibility,
- incongruity,
- inconsistency,
- inconsonance,
- indiscriminateness,
- inequality,
- inequity,
- inharmonious harmony,
- injustice,
- insufficiency,
- irreconcilability,
- irregularity,
- knot,
- lopsidedness,
- most admired disorder,
- nonconformability,
- nonconformity,
- nonsymmetry,
- nonuniformity,
- odds,
- overbalance,
- oxymoron,
- paradox,
- perturbation,
- promiscuity,
- promiscuousness,
- quirk,
- randomness,
- screw,
- self-contradiction,
- shortcoming,
- torsion,
- tortuosity,
- turbulence,
- turn,
- twist,
- unbalance,
- unconformability,
- unconformity,
- unevenness,
- unfair discrimination,
- unorthodoxy,
- unsymmetry,
- ununiformity,
- upset,
- warp,
- wrench,
- wrest,
- wring
- gnarl
collapse
- twist into a state of deformity; "The wind has gnarled this old tree" related words >
- anamorphism,
- anamorphosis,
- asymmetry,
- bend,
- bilge,
- blain,
- bleb,
- blister,
- blob,
- boss,
- bow,
- bubble,
- buckle,
- bulb,
- bulge,
- bulla,
- bump,
- bunch,
- burl,
- button,
- cahot,
- chine,
- clump,
- coarsen,
- color,
- condyle,
- contort,
- contortion,
- convex,
- crook,
- crookedness,
- crumple,
- detorsion,
- deviation,
- disproportion,
- distort,
- distortion,
- dowel,
- ear,
- flange,
- flap,
- flush,
- frown,
- gall,
- glare,
- glower,
- granulate,
- growl,
- grumble,
- handle,
- hill,
- hiss,
- horripilate,
- hump,
- hunch,
- imbalance,
- irregularity,
- jog,
- joggle,
- knob,
- knot,
- knur,
- knurl,
- lip,
- look daggers,
- loop,
- lopsidedness,
- lower,
- lump,
- mantle,
- mole,
- mountain,
- nevus,
- nub,
- nubbin,
- nubble,
- papilloma,
- peg,
- pimple,
- quirk,
- redden,
- rib,
- ridge,
- ring,
- rough,
- rough up,
- roughen,
- scowl,
- screw,
- shoulder,
- snap,
- snarl,
- spine,
- spit,
- spring,
- stud,
- style,
- tab,
- torsion,
- tortuosity,
- tubercle,
- tubercule,
- turn,
- turn awry,
- twist,
- unsymmetry,
- verruca,
- vesicle,
- wale,
- warp,
- wart,
- welt,
- wrench,
- wrest,
- wring,
- writhe
- wrest
collapse
- obtain by seizing forcibly or violently, also metaphorically; "wrest the knife from his hands"; "wrest a meaning from the old text"; "wrest power from the old government" related words >
- anamorphism,
- anamorphosis,
- arrogate,
- asymmetry,
- avulse,
- badger,
- bend,
- blackmail,
- buckle,
- claim,
- color,
- confiscate,
- confuse,
- contort,
- contortion,
- crook,
- crookedness,
- crumple,
- cut out,
- demand,
- deracinate,
- detorsion,
- deviation,
- dig out,
- dig up,
- disentangle,
- disproportion,
- distort,
- distortion,
- draw,
- draw out,
- dredge,
- dredge up,
- elicit,
- eradicate,
- evolve,
- evulse,
- exact,
- exaction,
- excavate,
- excise,
- exsect,
- extort,
- extortion,
- extract,
- extricate,
- force from,
- garble,
- get out,
- gnarl,
- gouge,
- gouge out,
- grub up,
- imbalance,
- irregularity,
- knot,
- levy blackmail,
- lopsidedness,
- mine,
- miscolor,
- pervert,
- pick out,
- pinch,
- pluck out,
- pluck up,
- pry loose from,
- pull,
- pull out,
- pull up,
- quarry,
- quirk,
- rake out,
- remove,
- rend,
- rend from,
- rending,
- rip,
- rip from,
- rip out,
- ripping,
- root out,
- root up,
- screw,
- shake down,
- snatch from,
- spring,
- squeeze,
- take out,
- tear from,
- tear out,
- tearing,
- torsion,
- tortuosity,
- turn,
- turn awry,
- twist,
- unearth,
- unravel,
- unsymmetry,
- uproot,
- usurp,
- warp,
- weed out,
- withdraw,
- wrench,
- wrench from,
- wrenching,
- wrest out,
- wresting,
- wring,
- wring from,
- wringing,
- writhe,
- wry
- quirk
collapse
- a narrow groove beside a beading
- twist or curve abruptly; "She quirked her head in a peculiar way" related words >
- aberration,
- anamorphism,
- anamorphosis,
- aroma,
- asymmetry,
- attribute,
- badge,
- boutade,
- brainstorm,
- brand,
- buckle,
- cachet,
- capriccio,
- caprice,
- cast,
- cavil,
- character,
- characteristic,
- conceit,
- configuration,
- contortion,
- crank,
- craze,
- crazy idea,
- crookedness,
- crotchet,
- cut,
- detorsion,
- deviation,
- differentia,
- differential,
- disproportion,
- distinctive feature,
- distortion,
- dodge,
- earmark,
- eccentricity,
- fad,
- fancy,
- fantastic notion,
- fantasy,
- feature,
- figure,
- flavor,
- flimflam,
- fool notion,
- freak,
- freakish inspiration,
- gnarl,
- gust,
- habit,
- hallmark,
- harebrained idea,
- humor,
- idiocrasy,
- idiosyncrasy,
- imbalance,
- impress,
- impression,
- index,
- individualism,
- irregularity,
- jesuitism,
- keynote,
- kink,
- knot,
- lineaments,
- lopsidedness,
- maggot,
- mannerism,
- mark,
- marking,
- megrim,
- minauderie,
- mold,
- nature,
- notion,
- oddity,
- odor,
- particularity,
- passing fancy,
- peculiar trait,
- peculiarity,
- property,
- quality,
- quibble,
- quiddity,
- quillet,
- quip,
- quodlibet,
- savor,
- screw,
- seal,
- shape,
- shuffle,
- singularity,
- smack,
- specialty,
- stamp,
- taint,
- tang,
- taste,
- token,
- torsion,
- tortuosity,
- toy,
- trademark,
- trait,
- trick,
- trick of behavior,
- turn,
- twist,
- unsymmetry,
- vagary,
- warp,
- whim,
- whim-wham,
- whimsy,
- wrench,
- wrest,
- wring
- wring
collapse
- twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish; "Wring one's hand"
- twist, squeeze, or compress in order to extract liquid; "wring the towels" related words >
- afflict,
- agonize,
- ail,
- anamorphism,
- anamorphosis,
- asymmetry,
- badger,
- bend,
- bite,
- blackmail,
- bloody,
- buckle,
- burn,
- chafe,
- claim,
- claw,
- concentrate,
- contort,
- contortion,
- convulse,
- corkscrew,
- crinkle,
- crook,
- crookedness,
- crucify,
- crumple,
- cut,
- decoct,
- demand,
- detorsion,
- deviation,
- disproportion,
- distill,
- distort,
- distortion,
- distress,
- essentialize,
- exact,
- exaction,
- excruciate,
- express,
- extort,
- extortion,
- fester,
- force from,
- fret,
- gall,
- give pain,
- gnarl,
- gnaw,
- gouge,
- grate,
- grind,
- gripe,
- harrow,
- hurt,
- imbalance,
- impale,
- inflame,
- inflict pain,
- infuse,
- intort,
- irregularity,
- irritate,
- kill by inches,
- knot,
- lacerate,
- lancinate,
- levy blackmail,
- lopsidedness,
- macerate,
- martyr,
- martyrize,
- meander,
- melt down,
- nip,
- pain,
- pierce,
- pinch,
- press,
- press out,
- prick,
- prolong the agony,
- pry loose from,
- punish,
- put to torture,
- quirk,
- rack,
- rankle,
- rasp,
- refine,
- rend,
- rend from,
- render,
- rending,
- rip,
- rip from,
- ripping,
- rub,
- savage,
- scallop,
- scarify,
- screw,
- serpentine,
- shake down,
- slink,
- snake,
- snatch from,
- soak,
- spring,
- squeeze,
- stab,
- steep,
- sting,
- swirl,
- tear from,
- tearing,
- torment,
- torsion,
- tortuosity,
- torture,
- try,
- turn,
- turn awry,
- tweak,
- twine,
- twirl,
- twist,
- twist and turn,
- unsymmetry,
- warp,
- whirl,
- whorl,
- wind,
- worm,
- wound,
- wrench,
- wrench from,
- wrenching,
- wrest,
- wresting,
- wring from,
- wring out,
- wringing,
- writhe,
- wry
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