twisted

  • (verb): To turn the ends of something, usually thread, rope etc., in opposite directions, often using force.
  • (verb): To join together by twining one part around another.
  • (verb): To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve.
  • (verb): To wreathe; to wind; to encircle; to unite by intertexture of parts.
  • (verb): To wind into; to insinuate.
  • (verb): To turn a knob etc.
  • (verb): To distort or change the truth or meaning of words when repeating.
  • (verb): To form a twist (in any of the above noun meanings).
  • (verb): To injure (a body part) by bending it in the wrong direction.
  • (verb): (of a path) To wind; to follow a bendy or wavy course; to have many bends.
  • (verb): To cause to rotate.
  • (verb): To dance the twist (a type of dance characterised by twisting one's hips).
  • (verb): To coax.
  • (verb): In the game of blackjack (pontoon or twenty-one), to be dealt another card.
  • (adjective): Contorted.
  • (adjective): Wound spirally.
  • (adjective): Mentally disturbed or unsound.
  • (adjective): Under the influence of multiple intoxicants, usually alcohol and marijuana.
  • Avarice twists itself into all human concerns.
  • The murders were committed by a twisted sociopath.