twisted

1. 1.

   having an intended meaning altered or misrepresented

   “many of the facts seemed twisted out of any semblance to reality”

   “a perverted translation of the poem”

   Synonymsdistortedmisrepresentedperverted

   Similardisingenuous

Other forms of twisted

comparative

twistedder·

superlative

twisteddest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about twisted

What does twisted mean?

twisted means "having an intended meaning altered or misrepresented".

How many syllables are in twisted?

twisted has 2 syllables: twis-ted. The stress falls on "twis". In IPA it is /ˈtwɪstɪd/.

What is another word for twisted?

Close synonyms include distorted, misrepresented, perverted. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is twisted a common word?

twisted is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.