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21contortion — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. distortion, twist, dislocation, deformity; grimace. See convolution. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Something contorted] Syn. deformity, distortion, grimace, moue (French), pout, twist, torsion, mutilation,… …
22wry — [rʌɪ] adjective (wryer, wryest or wrier, wriest) 1》 using or expressing dry, especially mocking, humour. 2》 (of a person s face or features) twisted into an expression of disgust, disappointment, or annoyance. 3》 bending or twisted to one side.… …
23contortion — n. Twist, distortion, wryness, deformity …
24distortion — n. 1. Twist, wryness, deformity. 2. Perversion, misrepresentation, falsification, wresting …
25false — adj 1 False, wrong mean not in conformity with what is true or right. False in all of its senses is colored by its original implication of deceit; the implication of deceiving or of being deceived is strong when the term implies a contrariety… …
26distortion — n 1. deformation, contortion, mis shapement, anamorphosis, anamorphism; wryness, crookedness, twistedness; asymmetry, disproportion, lopsidedness; deformity, curvature, bend, malformation. Path. kyphosis; disfigurement, defacement, mutilation. 2 …
27obliquity — n 1. obliqueness, wryness, deflection, deviousness; divergence, deviation, divagation; indirection, circumlocution, meandering, maundering, swerve, zigzag, Chess. knight s move; digression, excursion, discursion, tangent; Statistics. skewness. 2 …
28slant — v 1. slope, lean, incline, tilt, pitch, dip; bend, bias, shift, shelve, cant, list, keel; skew, curve, veer, swerve; deviate, diverge, angle off, bear off, bevel, sheer. 2. bias, bend, twist, screw, wrest, garble; distort, misrepresent, misreport …
29wry — UK [raɪ] / US adjective Word forms wry : adjective wry comparative wryer superlative wryest a) funny and clever The programme was full of wry observations about married life. b) showing that you think something is funny but not very pleasant,… …
30wry — /raɪ / (say ruy) adjective (wryer or wrier, wryest or wriest) 1. produced by the distortion of the facial features, usually to indicate dislike, dissatisfaction, or displeasure: *Fiona looked at Diana and pulled a wry face. –carole elise grongard …
