contortion

contortion is a 10-letter English word with 3 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A twisting; a writhing; wry motion; a twist; as, the contortion of the muscles of the face. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 15 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A twisting; a writhing; wry motion; a twist; as, the contortion of the muscles of the face.
2. noun. the act of twisting or deforming the shape of something (e.g., yourself)

   Synonyms: deformation

3. noun. a tortuous and twisted shape or position

   "they built a tree house in the tortuosities of its boughs"

   "the acrobat performed incredible contortions"

   Synonyms: crookedness, torsion, tortuosity, tortuousness

Synonyms

deformation, crookedness, torsion, tortuosity, tortuousness

Common word forms

contortions, contortional, contortioned

Words from these letters

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