twisted

  • 11twisted — 1. mod. alcohol intoxicated. □ She was so twisted she couldn’t see. □ That chick is really twisted bad. 2. mod. suffering from drug withdrawal. (Drugs.) □ Frank was twisted and hurting bad. □ …

    Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • 12Twisted — Twist Twist, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Twisted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Twisting}.] [OE. twisten, AS. twist a rope, as made of two (twisted) strands, fr. twi two; akin to D. twist a quarrel, dissension, G. zwist, Dan. & Sw. tvist, Icel. twistr the deuce in… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 13twisted — twist|ed [ twıstəd ] adjective * 1. ) bent into a shape that is not normal: a tangle of twisted metal 2. ) INFORMAL someone who is twisted or has a twisted mind behaves in a strange and cruel way …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 14twisted — [[t]twɪ̱stɪd[/t]] ADJ GRADED (disapproval) If you describe a person as twisted, you dislike them because you think they are strange in an unpleasant way. He has been described as bitter and twisted, a man scorned... The letter showed horribly… …

    English dictionary

  • 15twisted */ — UK [ˈtwɪstɪd] / US [ˈtwɪstəd] adjective 1) bent into a shape that is not normal a tangle of twisted metal 2) informal someone who is twisted or has a twisted mind behaves in a strange and cruel way …

    English dictionary

  • 16twisted — adjective 1 bent in many directions, so that it has lost its original shape: a mass of twisted wreckage 2 seeming to enjoy things that are cruel or shocking, in a way that is not normal: Whoever sent those letters has a twisted mind …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 17twisted — [ˈtwɪstɪd] adj 1) bent into a shape that is not normal All that was left of the car was a tangle of twisted metal.[/ex] 2) informal someone who is twisted behaves in a strange and cruel way …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 18twisted — adj. Twisted is used with these nouns: ↑ankle, ↑knee, ↑logic, ↑metal, ↑mind, ↑sense of humour, ↑wreckage …

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  • 19twisted — I adj Drunk, intoxicated. I ve had too much to drink; I m twisted. 1960s II adj Perverted. I wouldn t go out with him; everyone says he istwisted. 1920s …

    Historical dictionary of American slang

  • 20twisted —    obsolete killed by hanging    Referring to the rotation of the corpse on the gibbet:     You ll be the first Christian twisted in this awful place. (Keneally, 1987, writing of Australia) …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms