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contort definition

con·tort (kən tôrt′)

transitive verb, intransitive verb

to twist or wrench out of its usual form into one that is grotesque; distort violently a face contorted with pain

Etymology: < L contortus, pp. of contorquere, to whirl, twist < com-, together + torquere, to twist: see tort

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