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twisted en · ADJ
Pronunciation
Etymology
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.
Meanings
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Consisting of two or more threads, strands or the like intertwined; formed by twisting or twining.
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(also, of a person, with-up) Mentally or emotionally distorted or unsound; perverted.
twisted sense of humor
I was a hard niggah, but not twisted enough to eat and socialize with my peeps knowing I was planning on robbing them before the night was over.
2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 108:It was almost noon, and we still had more than a hundred miles to go. They would be tough miles. Very soon, I knew, we would both be completely twisted. But there was no going back, and no time to rest. We would have to ride it out.
1971, Hunter S[tockton] Thompson, “Welcome to Las Vegas”, in The Great Shark Hunt, Simon and Schuster, published 2011, →ISBN, page 531:The murders were committed by a twisted sociopath.
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(broadly, of words) Bent out of shape or out of place; distorted; contorted. ▸ Having the intended meaning altered or misrepresented; misunderstood.
Don't get this twisted. Just because I don't hate you doesn't mean we're friends.
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(broadly, of facial expressions) Bent out of shape or out of place; distorted; contorted. ▸ Distorted or contorted by tensing the facial muscles.
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Under heavy influence of intoxicants, usually alcohol and marijuana; very intoxicated.
Dude I’m so twisted right now.
"Man is he high!" someone whispered. "Man, he's twisted! But on what? On what?"
1958, John Clellon Holmes, The Horn, Open Road Media, published 2015, →ISBN:
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(of the stem of a wine glass) Having a spiral ornament inside.
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(figuratively, obsolete) Intimately associated or connected; united; combined.
Forms
twisted en · VERB
Pronunciation
Etymology
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.
Meanings
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(form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of twist
Deriveds
don't get it twisted · twisted pair · twisted fries · twisted perspective · undertwisted · twisted-stalk · sick and twisted · twisted cylinder · twistedness · twisted beech · hypertwisted · twistedly · get something twisted · shielded twisted pair · supertwisted · twisted cluster bean · nontwisted · rose twisted-stalk
Synonyms
coiled (wound spirally) · stoned · pretzelled (contorted) · out of shape (contorted) · perverted (mentally disturbed) · warped (mentally disturbed) · sick (mentally disturbed) · wry (contorted) · disturbed (mentally disturbed) · deranged (mentally disturbed) · crossfaded. Also see Thesaurus:drunk (intoxicated)
Translations (52)
sv tvinnad (wound spirally) · fi kieroutunut (mentally disturbed or unsound) · fr tordu (contorted) · hi टेढ़ा (contorted) · sv skruvad (mentally disturbed or unsound) · gd toinnte (contorted) · fi kiero (wound spirally) · sv skruvad (wound spirally) · ga casta (contorted) · ru извращённый (mentally disturbed or unsound) · sv vriden (contorted) · ru скру́ченный (contorted) · cs kroucený (wound spirally) · es torcido (contorted) · ca tort (contorted) · nl verwrongen (mentally disturbed or unsound) · gl retorto (contorted) · fr tordu (mentally disturbed or unsound) · tyz bỉu (contorted) · la tortilis (wound spirally) · ru вито́й (wound spirally) · sv vriden (mentally disturbed or unsound) · pt confusa (contorted) · tl baluktot (contorted) · gd toinnte (wound spirally) · de gestört (mentally disturbed or unsound) · izh keero (wound spirally) · grc στρεβλός (contorted) · tl balikuko (contorted) · fi kiero (mentally disturbed or unsound) · it perverso (mentally disturbed or unsound) · ru кру́чёный (wound spirally) · ru изви́листый (wound spirally) · tyz bểu (contorted) · sv snodd (wound spirally) · ru искаженный (mentally disturbed or unsound) · gl torto (contorted) · es torcido (mentally disturbed or unsound) · sv vriden (wound spirally) · es retorcido (mentally disturbed or unsound) · la tortus (contorted) · es torcido (wound spirally) · de verrückt (mentally disturbed or unsound) · it contorto (contorted) · sv förvriden (contorted) · fi kieroutunut (wound spirally) · ru кру́ченный (contorted) · sv virad (wound spirally) · ga casta (wound spirally) · et keerdunud (wound spirally) · fr vrillé (wound spirally) · fi vääristynyt (contorted)