"contorted" in the verb sense
1. contort, deform, distort, wring
twist and press out of shape
"contorted" in the adjective sense
1. contorted, writhed, writhen
twisted (especially as in pain or struggle
"his mad contorted smile"
"writhed lips"
"my writhen features"- Walter scott
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