- Types Of Speech
- You can use contortion as a noun in a sentence.
- About Contortion
- A 3 syllables noun and 10 letters with the letters c, i, n, o, r, and t, 6 consonants, 4 vowels and 3 syllables with the middle letters or. Contortion starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters c, co, con, cont, conto, and the ending characters are n, on, ion, tion, rtion, ..
- Definition
- The act of twisting or deforming the shape of something (e.g., yourself)
- Origin/Roots
- Middle French
- Compound Words
- A compound word, contortion has more than one word within it. There's 2 words which are contort, and ion.
- Pig Latin
- Contortion in Pig Latin is said as "ontortioncay or ontortioncway".
- Unigram
- c | o | n | t | o | r | t | i | o | n
- Bigram
- co | on | nt | to | or | rt | ti | io | on
- Trigram
- con | ont | nto | tor | ort | rti | tio | ion
- Quadrigram
- cont | onto | ntor | tort | orti | rtio | tion
- Word Gram
- Noun Examples
- the act of twisting or deforming the shape of something (e.g., yourself)
- a tortuous and twisted shape or position;
"they built a tree house in the tortuosities of its boughs";
"the acrobat performed incredible contortions"
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abnormality | behavior that breaches the rule or etiquette or custom or morality |
| Anamorphism | a distorted projection or perspective especially an image distorted in such a way that it becomes visible only when viewed in a special manner |
| Anamorphosis | a distorted projection or perspective especially an image distorted in such a way that it becomes visible only when viewed in a special manner |
| Asymmetry | (mathematics) a lack of symmetry |
| Buckle | fastener that fastens together two ends of a belt or strap often has loose prong |
| Calidris Canutus | |
| Contortion | the act of twisting or deforming the shape of something (e.g., yourself) |
| Crookedness | the quality of being deceitful and underhanded |
| Deflection | a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern) "a diversion from the main highway" "a digression into irrelevant details" "a deflection from his goal" |
| Deflexion | a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern) "a diversion from the main highway" "a digression into irrelevant details" "a deflection from his goal" |
View all cognitive synonyms for Contortion
| Anagram | Definition |
|---|---|
| Contortion | the act of twisting or deforming the shape of something (e.g., yourself) |
View English words with the unique letters used in contortion. Words With The Letters Cinort
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Bend | curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.) |
| Contort | twist and press out of shape |
| Deform | assume a different shape or form |
| Distort | alter the shape of (something) by stress "His body was deformed by leprosy" |
| Flex | the act of flexing "he gave his biceps a flex to impress the ladies" |
| Turn | taking a short walk out and back "we took a turn in the park" |
| Twist | any clever (deceptive) maneuver "he would stoop to any device to win a point" |
| Wring | a twisting squeeze "gave the wet cloth a wring" |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Change Of Shape |
Contortion Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With C
- Ends With N
- Spelled With / Contains Letters
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