Definitions for contortions

contortions con·tor·tion

Spelling: [kuh n-tawr-shuh n]
IPA: /kənˈtɔr ʃən/

Contortions is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 365 anagrams from letters in contortions (cinnooorstt).

Definitions for contortions

noun

  1. the act or process of contorting.
  2. the state of being contorted.
  3. a contorted position.
  4. something contorted or twisted, as in position or meaning:
  5. the act or process of contorting.
  6. the state of being contorted.
  7. a contorted position.
  8. something contorted or twisted, as in position or meaning:

Origin of contortions

1605-15; Latin contortiōn- (stem of contortiō) a whirling around. See contort, -ion

Examples for contortions

Every mouth that was not making a contortion was emitting yells.

Her laugh consisted of a contortion of the face and all the muscles of the body.

I had been a good balancer in my contortion days, and this was also an asset.

"Can't raise the other one," said the citizen, with a contortion of his lineaments.

Do you see there is a slight, but distinct, contortion of the face, just as there was after that fit?

The fixity continues, and is only deepened into contortion and grimace.

They were in every kind of shape and contortion that could indicate a violent death.

A Feat in contortion: To make both ends meet on $8 per week.

The uglier the contortion and more frightful the grimace, the louder they laughed.

A smile is sometimes bewitching, in general vapid, often a contortion.

Oblivious of choregraphic rules, what leaps, what contortions, what capers!

Steve pressed close up to him, for he had seen the contortions before.

Not one of us could keep a serious countenance while looking at his contortions.

Women fell from their chairs in the contortions of laughter.

It has all the contortions of the sibyl without the inspiration.

His fine Anglican features underwent a series of contortions.

In his younger years, he was a part of the No Wave scene, playing with the visionary James Chance and the contortions.

Among the many ironies amid the ruins of that era is the current contortions of the Republican frontrunner.

Yes, under one of the priests' cowls, there were the contortions of the damned.

He has the inspiration and the science of the Sibyl without her contortions.

Word Value for contortions
Scrable

13

Words with friends

16

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