Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to contort
Participle: contorted
Gerund: contorting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | contort |
| you | contort |
| he;she;it | contorts |
| we | contort |
| you | contort |
| they | contort |
Perfect
| I | have contorted |
| you | have contorted |
| he;she;it | has contorted |
| we | have contorted |
| you | have contorted |
| they | have contorted |
Past
| I | contorted |
| you | contorted |
| he;she;it | contorted |
| we | contorted |
| you | contorted |
| they | contorted |
Pluperfect
| I | had contorted |
| you | had contorted |
| he;she;it | had contorted |
| we | had contorted |
| you | had contorted |
| they | had contorted |
Future
| I | will contort |
| you | will contort |
| he;she;it | will contort |
| we | will contort |
| you | will contort |
| they | will contort |
Future Perfect
| I | will have contorted |
| you | will have contorted |
| he;she;it | will have contorted |
| we | will have contorted |
| you | will have contorted |
| they | will have contorted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | contort |
| you | contort |
| he;she;it | contort |
| we | contort |
| you | contort |
| they | contort |
Perfect
| I | have contorted |
| you | have contorted |
| he;she;it | have contorted |
| we | have contorted |
| you | have contorted |
| they | have contorted |
Imperfect
| I | contorted |
| you | contorted |
| he;she;it | contorted |
| we | contorted |
| you | contorted |
| they | contorted |
Pluperfect
| I | had contorted |
| you | had contorted |
| he;she;it | had contorted |
| we | had contorted |
| you | had contorted |
| they | had contorted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would contort |
| you | would contort |
| he;she;it | would contort |
| we | would contort |
| you | would contort |
| they | would contort |
Perfect
| I | would have contorted |
| you | would have contorted |
| he;she;it | would have contorted |
| we | would have contorted |
| you | would have contorted |
| they | would have contorted |
Imperative
| you | contort |
| we | Let's contort |
| you | contort |
Verbs conjugated like 'contort'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'contort'
consort,
cohort,
colport,
comfort,
comport,
concert,
concoct,
concord,
conform,
contact,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- twist
- bend, distort, deform, warp, misshape, disfigure, wrack, wrench
Antonyms
- To twist
- form
- twist
- unwind, straighten, disentangle, separate
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1622, from L. contortus, prp. of contorquere "to whirl, twist," from com- "together" + torquere "to twist" (see thwart). Contortionist first recorded 1859.
2. Equivalent to con- + -tort; from Middle English, borrowed from Latin contortus, past participle of contorqueō, from com- + torqueō (“twist, turn”).
Sample Sentences
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features contorted with fury