: mentally or emotionally unsound or disturbed : sick
a cruel, twisted mind
And you know there will be some strange and twisted bitter man who will listen to all our messages.—
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In fact, most of her public appearance, on the red carpet and otherwise, have included some form of the twisted embellishment.
—Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 16 Sep. 2025
Consistently subverting audience expectations, Don’t Breathe features an incredibly twisted game of cat-and-mouse.
—Yasmeen Hamadeh, PEOPLE, 13 Sep. 2025
That’s an understandable perspective, but where the morals of the interview get so twisted is how much weight Thug gives to being a millionaire and why that’s a big reason he should not just be respected but revered.
—Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 11 Sep. 2025
Three-inch gashes had been ripped from both corners of her mouth nearly to the ears, forming a contorted, twisted smile.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Sep. 2025
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Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 16 Sep. 2025
Consistently subverting audience expectations, Don’t Breathe features an incredibly twisted game of cat-and-mouse.
—Yasmeen Hamadeh, PEOPLE, 13 Sep. 2025
That’s an understandable perspective, but where the morals of the interview get so twisted is how much weight Thug gives to being a millionaire and why that’s a big reason he should not just be respected but revered.
—Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 11 Sep. 2025
Three-inch gashes had been ripped from both corners of her mouth nearly to the ears, forming a contorted, twisted smile.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Sep. 2025
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“Twisted.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/twisted. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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