twisted

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtwɪstɪd/
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Verb

twisted

simple past tense and past participle of twist

Adjective

twisted (comparative more twisted, superlative most twisted)

Contorted.
Wound spirally.
Mentally disturbed or unsound.
The murders were committed by a twisted sociopath.
Under the influence of multiple intoxicants, usually alcohol and marijuana. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Translations

contorted

Catalan: tort (ca)
Finnish: vääristynyt
French: tordu (fr)
German:
Hindi: टेढ़ा (ṭēṛhā)
Irish: casta
Italian: contorto (it)

Portuguese: confusa (pt)
Russian: скру́ченный (ru) (skrúčennyj), кру́ченный (ru) (krúčennyj)
Scottish Gaelic: toinnte
Spanish: torcido (es)
Swedish: vriden (sv), förvriden (sv)
Tagalog: balikuko, baluktot

wound spirally

Czech: kroucený m
Estonian: keerdunud
Finnish: kiero (fi), kieroutunut
French: vrillé (fr)

Irish: casta
Russian: (e.g. road) изви́листый (ru) (izvílistyj), кру́ченный (ru) (krúčennyj)
Scottish Gaelic: toinnte
Swedish: skruvad (sv), tvinnad (sv), vriden (sv), snodd (sv), virad

mentally disturbed or unsound

Dutch: verwrongen (nl)
Finnish: kiero (fi), kieroutunut
French: tordu (fr) m

Russian: искаженный (ru) (iskažennyj), извращённый (ru) (izvraščónnyj)
Spanish: retorcido (es)
Swedish: skruvad (sv) (colloquial), vriden (sv) (colloquial)

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