Con·tort·ed, a.
1. Twisted, or twisted together. “A contorted chain of icicles.”
2. Bot. (a) Twisted back upon itself, as some parts of plants. (b) Arranged so as to overlap each other; as, petals in contorted or convolute æstivation.
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contorted
adj 1: twisted (especially as in pain or struggle); "his mad
contorted smile"; "writhed lips"; "my writhen
features"- Walter scott [syn: writhed, writhen]
2: strained or wrenched out of normal shape; "old trees with
contorted branches"; "scorched and distorted fragments of
steel"; "trapped under twisted steel girders" [syn: distorted,
twisted]