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Synonyms for twisting
twist·ing
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Princeton's WordNet
distortion, overrefinement, straining, torture, twistingnoun
the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
Synonyms:
overrefinement, straining, strain, torturing, spin, twist, optical aberration, aberration, whirl, twirl, distortion, deformation, agony, torture, distorted shape, anguish, tormentAntonyms:
straightspin, twirl, twist, twisting, whirladjective
the act of rotating rapidly
"he gave the crank a spin"; "it broke off after much twisting"
Synonyms:
spin, bend, whirl, swirl, wind, twist, straining, convolution, tailspin, kink, braid, offer, wrench, crook, turn of events, tress, pull, winding, plait, vortex, go, crack, pass, construction, device, commotion, twirl, fling, torture, distortion, gimmick, turn, overrefinement, eddyAntonyms:
straighttortuous, twisting, twisty, winding, voluminousadjective
marked by repeated turns and bends
"a tortuous road up the mountain"; "winding roads are full of surprises"; "had to steer the car down a twisty track"
Synonyms:
tangled, tortuous, winding, convoluted, voluminous, copious, rambling, meandering(a), twisty, involved, knotty, wandering(a)Antonyms:
straight
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
twistingnoun
Synonyms:
contortion, convolution, writhing, torsion, wrench, distortion, perversion
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "twisting":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#123 | go | |
#617 | offer | |
#904 | construction | |
#1007 | turn | |
#1376 | involved | |
#1493 | pass | |
#1634 | device | |
#1899 | wind | |
#3810 | pull | |
#4224 | crack | |
#5184 | spin | |
#5338 | torture | |
#6506 | bend | |
#6612 | strain | |
#7835 | twist | |
#10309 | distortion | |
#11135 | torque | |
#14880 | winding | |
#15038 | eddy | |
#16379 | vortex | |
#17309 | wrench | |
#19770 | deformation | |
#20439 | agony | |
#23080 | swirl | |
#23795 | twisting | |
#24972 | rambling | |
#25335 | crook | |
#25735 | tangled | |
#26588 | braid | |
#27991 | anguish | |
#28943 | torsion | |
#29210 | torment | |
#32886 | fling | |
#34730 | whirl | |
#35039 | commotion | |
#36511 | straining | |
#36775 | kink | |
#40763 | torturing | |
#41131 | convoluted | |
#41570 | copious | |
#42236 | convolution | |
#42354 | aberration | |
#42649 | gimmick | |
#50345 | voluminous | |
#61101 | twisty | |
#61306 | twirl | |
#68031 | knotty | |
#72606 | tortuous | |
#73570 | tress | |
#97695 | plait | |
#116685 | tailspin | |
#117516 | seismograph | |
#153542 | puckering |
How to use twisting in a sentence?
I believe some of what the lieutenant has alleged could constitute a military crime – false statements – taking what the chaplain said and twisting or misconstruing it – in an attempt to get the chaplain punished, he abused the position he was placed in as a chaplain’s assistant.
pound for pound, the best one of the bunch, a fighter, scratcher, pit bull, she can nail ‘em to the floor in one second flat, her body’s beautiful, but her mind’s a work of art, whirling madly, twisting and turning, she’s a REAL woman and she won’t let you forget it
We are not going to see any major break in these heavily Sunni areas in Iraq until the U.S. is able to get the Sunnis back on board. And that is also going to involve some arm-twisting on the Shia leadership in order for them to give a little bit to the Sunnis.
We rarely go into poses that require deep forward bending, twisting and binding.
When you hit the rabbit at the neck with a stick, it's not killed, it's just getting unconscious and then you kill it by twisting the neck. That's how you do it and that's how it was explained by the person at the zoo.
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