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tortuosity: a tortuous and twisted shape or position; "they built a tree house in the tortuosities of its boughs"; "the acrobat performed incredible contortions"

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contortion collapse: the act of twisting or deforming the shape of something (e.g., yourself)

imbalance collapse: a lack of balance or state of disequilibrium; "a hormonal imbalance"

waving collapse

ambages collapse: (archaic) roundabout or mysterious ways of action

asymmetry collapse: (mathematics) a lack of symmetry

torsion collapse: a twisting force

circumlocution collapse: an indirect way of expressing something; a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things

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

vaulting collapse: (architecture) a vaulted structure; "arches and vaulting"

convexity collapse: the property possessed by a convex shape

crinkle collapse

winding collapse

disproportion collapse: lack of proportion; imbalance among the parts of something

circularity collapse: the roundness of a 2-dimensional figure

flatulence collapse: a state of excessive gas in the alimentary canal

big talk collapse

involution collapse: the action of enfolding something; a long and intricate and complicated grammatical construction; reduction in size of an organ or part (as in the return of the uterus to normal size after childbirth)

gnarl collapse: twist into a state of deformity; "The wind has gnarled this old tree"

pomposity collapse

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"

concavity collapse: the property possessed by a concave shape

quirk collapse: a narrow groove beside a beading; twist or curve abruptly; "She quirked her head in a peculiar way"

meander collapse: a bend or curve, as in a stream or river

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"

gaudiness collapse

sensationalism collapse: the journalistic use of subject matter that appeals to vulgar tastes; "the tabloids relied on sensationalism to maintain their circulation"; subject matter that is calculated to excite and please vulgar tastes

twisting collapse

ostentation collapse: pretentious or showy or vulgar display; lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity; a gaudy outward display

convolution collapse: the action of coiling or twisting or winding together

rhetoric collapse: study of the technique and rules for using language effectively (especially in public speaking); using language effectively to please or persuade

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