contortion
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1 contortion
The act of twisting or deforming the shape of something (e.g., yourself).
synoniem: deformation.
Nederlands: verrekking, verwringing, misvorming, vervorming, deformatie
Pools: zniekształcanie, deformowanie
2 contortion
A tortuous and twisted shape or position:
— The acrobat performed incredible contortions.
synoniemen: crookedness, torsion, tortuosity, tortuousness.
Roget 243: distortion, detortion†, contortion; twist, crookedness etc. (obliquity) 217; grimace; deformity; malformation, malconformation†; harelip; monstrosity, ... meer laten zien
Pools: krętość
Moby betekeniswoordenboek: anamorphism, anamorphosis, asymmetry, buckle, crookedness, detorsion, deviation, disproportion, distortion, gnarl, imbalance, irregularity, knot, lopsidedness, quirk, screw, torsion, tortuosity, turn, twist ... meer laten zien.
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