Synonyms for twisting
twist·ing

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1. 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, torment

   Antonyms:
   straight

2. spin, 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, eddy

   Antonyms:
   straight

3. tortuous, 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

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1. twistingnoun

   Synonyms:
   contortion, convolution, writhing, torsion, wrench, distortion, perversion

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1. List of paraphrases for "twisting":

   torsion, twist, deformation, seismograph, puckering, torque

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1. Jorgen Ramskov:

   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.

2. Dan Wilkins:

   The reason we can see that is because that black hole is warping space, bending light and twisting magnetic fields around itself.

3. Scott Stewart:

   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.

4. Sam Kean:

   These people were taking a good thing — the pursuit of knowledge — and twisting it in this dark way.

5. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer:

   There are 10 to 12 Republicans who have never said a bad word about witnesses or documents, who know in their hearts it's the right thing to do. But they have to weigh that against the pressure, the twisting of arms, that Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell will put on Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell.