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contortive
[ kuhn-tawr-tiv ]
adjective
- characterized by, tending toward, or causing contortions or twisting:
contortive movements; contortive pain; contortive alleyways.
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Other Words From
- con·tortive·ly adverb
- uncon·tortive adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of contortive1
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Example Sentences
Then, with a contortive shudder, he rolled over and over the steps, and lay face downward upon the ground-dead.
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