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adj
Consisting of two or more threads, strands or the like intertwined; formed by twisting or twining.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adj
Mentally or emotionally distorted or unsound; perverted.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: also, with-up
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adj
Bent out of shape or out of place; distorted; contorted.
Having the intended meaning altered or misrepresented; misunderstood.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
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adj
Bent out of shape or out of place; distorted; contorted.
Distorted or contorted by tensing the facial muscles.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
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adj
Under heavy influence of intoxicants, usually alcohol and marijuana; very intoxicated.
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adj
Having a spiral ornament inside.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adj
Intimately associated or connected; united; combined.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, obsolete
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verb
simple past and past participle of twist
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
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adjective satellite
having an intended meaning altered or misrepresented
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: distorted, misrepresented, perverted
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History
The sense "intertwined" comes from twist (verb) by the late 15th century. The sense "mentally disturbed, perverted" is probably from twist (“mental peculiarity, perversion”, noun), which is attested by 1811.
Across languages
52 source translations are retained for this English entry.
