| contort | (verb) twist and press out of shape | Synonyms: deform, distort, wring |
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| contorted | (adjective) twisted (especially as in pain or struggle) | Synonyms: writhed, writhen |
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| contortion | (noun) the act of twisting or deforming the shape of something (e.g., yourself) | Synonyms: deformation |
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| (noun) a tortuous and twisted shape or position | Synonyms: crookedness, torsion, tortuosity, tortuousness |
| contortionist | (noun) an acrobat able to twist into unusual positions | - |
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| distort | (verb) alter the shape of (something) by stress | Synonyms: deform, strain |
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| (verb) make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story | Synonyms: falsify, garble, warp |
| (verb) affect as in thought or feeling | Synonyms: color, colour, tinge |
| (verb) twist and press out of shape | Synonyms: contort, deform, wring |
| (verb) form into a spiral shape | Synonyms: twine, twist |
| distortable | (adjective) capable of having the meaning altered or twisted | - |
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| distorted | (adjective) having an intended meaning altered or misrepresented | Synonyms: misrepresented, perverted, twisted |
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| (adjective) so badly formed or out of shape as to be ugly | Synonyms: deformed, ill-shapen, malformed, misshapen |
| distortion | (noun) the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean | Synonyms: overrefinement, straining, torture, twisting |
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| (noun) the mistake of misrepresenting the facts | - |
| (noun) a change for the worse | Synonyms: deformation |
| (noun) an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image | Synonyms: aberration, optical aberration |
| (noun) a change (usually undesired) in the waveform of an acoustic or analog electrical signal; the difference between two measurements of a signal (as between the input and output signal) | - |
| (noun) a shape resulting from distortion | Synonyms: distorted shape |
| distortionist | (noun) a painter who introduces distortions | - |
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| extort | (verb) get or cause to become in a difficult or laborious manner | Synonyms: wring from |
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| (verb) obtain by coercion or intimidation | Synonyms: gouge, rack, squeeze, wring |
| (verb) obtain through intimidation | - |
| extortion | (noun) the felonious act of extorting money (as by threats of violence) | - |
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| (noun) unjust exaction (as by the misuse of authority) | - |
| (noun) an exorbitant charge | - |
| extortionate | (adjective) greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation | Synonyms: exorbitant, outrageous, steep, unconscionable, usurious |
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| extortionately | (adverb) to an exorbitant degree | Synonyms: exorbitantly, usuriously |
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| extortioner | (noun) a criminal who extorts money from someone by threatening to expose embarrassing information about them | Synonyms: blackmailer, extortionist |
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| extortionist | (noun) a criminal who extorts money from someone by threatening to expose embarrassing information about them | Synonyms: blackmailer, extortioner |
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| motortruck | (noun) an automotive vehicle suitable for hauling | Synonyms: truck |
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| retort | (noun) a vessel where substances are distilled or decomposed by heat | - |
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| (noun) a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one) | Synonyms: comeback, counter, rejoinder, replication, return, riposte |
| (verb) answer back | Synonyms: come back, rejoin, repay, return, riposte |
| tort | (noun) (law) any wrongdoing for which an action for damages may be brought | Synonyms: civil wrong |
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| torte | (noun) rich cake usually covered with cream and fruit or nuts; originated in Austria | - |
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| tortellini | (noun) small ring-shaped stuffed pasta | - |
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| tortfeasor | (noun) a party who has committed a tort | Synonyms: tort-feasor |
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| torticollis | (noun) an unnatural condition in which the head leans to one side because the neck muscles on that side are contracted | Synonyms: wryneck |
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| tortilla | (noun) thin unleavened pancake made from cornmeal or wheat flour | - |
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| tortious | (adjective) of or pertaining to the nature of a tort | - |
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| tortoise | (noun) usually herbivorous land turtles having clawed elephant-like limbs; worldwide in arid areas except Australia and Antarctica | - |
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| tortoiseshell | (noun) a cat having black and cream-colored and yellowish markings | Synonyms: calico cat, tortoiseshell-cat |
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| (noun) brilliantly colored; larvae feed on nettles | Synonyms: tortoiseshell butterfly |
| (noun) the mottled horny substance of the shell of some turtles | - |
| tortricid | (noun) any of numerous small moths having lightly fringed wings; larvae are leaf rollers or live in fruits and galls | Synonyms: tortricid moth |
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| tortrix | (noun) small Indian moth infesting e.g. tea and coffee plants | Synonyms: Homona coffearia, tea tortrix |
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| (noun) California moth whose larvae live in especially oranges | Synonyms: Argyrotaenia citrana, orange tortrix |
| tortuosity | (noun) a tortuous and twisted shape or position | Synonyms: contortion, crookedness, torsion, tortuousness |
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| tortuous | (adjective) highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious | Synonyms: Byzantine, convoluted, involved, knotty, labyrinthine, tangled |
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| (adjective) marked by repeated turns and bends | Synonyms: twisting, twisty, voluminous, winding |
| (adjective) not straightforward | - |
| tortuously | (adverb) in a tortuous manner | - |
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| (adverb) with twists and turns | - |
| tortuousness | (noun) puzzling complexity | Synonyms: complicatedness, complication, knottiness |
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| (noun) a tortuous and twisted shape or position | Synonyms: contortion, crookedness, torsion, tortuosity |
| torture | (noun) the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason | Synonyms: torturing |
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| (noun) the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean | Synonyms: distortion, overrefinement, straining, twisting |
| (noun) intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain | Synonyms: agony, torment |
| (noun) extreme mental distress | Synonyms: anguish, torment |
| (noun) unbearable physical pain | Synonyms: torment |
| (verb) subject to torture | Synonyms: excruciate, torment |
| (verb) torment emotionally or mentally | Synonyms: excruciate, rack, torment |
| tortured | (adjective) experiencing intense pain especially mental pain | Synonyms: anguished, tormented |
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| torturer | (noun) someone who inflicts severe physical pain (usually for punishment or coercion) | - |
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| torturesome | (adjective) extremely painful | Synonyms: agonising, agonizing, excruciating, harrowing, torturing, torturous |
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| torturing | (adjective) extremely painful | Synonyms: agonising, agonizing, excruciating, harrowing, torturesome, torturous |
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| (noun) the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason | Synonyms: torture |
| torturous | (adjective) extremely painful | Synonyms: agonising, agonizing, excruciating, harrowing, torturesome, torturing |
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| torturously | (adverb) in a very painful manner | Synonyms: agonizingly, excruciatingly |
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| undistorted | (adjective) without alteration or misrepresentation | - |
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