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| Main Entry: | twist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | curl, spin |
| Synonyms: | arc, bend, braid, coil, convolution, curve, flourish, jerk, meander, plug, ply, pull, roll, spiral, swivel, turn, twine, undulation, warp, wind, wrench, yank, zigzag, curlicue, hank, helix, torsion |
| Main Entry: | twist |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | curl, spin |
| Synonyms: | coil, contort, encircle, entwine, intertwine, screw, spiral, sprain, squirm, swivel, turn, twine, twirl, warp, weave, wiggle, wind, wrap, wrench, wriggle, wring, writhe, zigzag, corkscrew, rick, turn around, wrap around, wreathe |
| Antonyms: | straighten, uncurl, untwist |
| Main Entry: | twist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sudden development; oddity |
| Synonyms: | aberration, bent, change, characteristic, confusion, crotchet, eccentricity, entanglement, foible, idiosyncrasy, kink, knot, mess, mix-up, peculiarity, proclivity, quirk, revelation, slant, snarl, surprise, tangle, trait, turn, variation, screw-up |
| Main Entry: | twist |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | misrepresent |
| Synonyms: | alter, belie, change, color, contort, distort, falsify, garble, misstate, pervert, warp, misquote |
| Antonyms: | explain, explicate |
| Main Entry: | bend |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | curve |
| Synonyms: | angle, arc, bending, bow, corner, crook, curvature, deviation, hook, lean, loop, round, sag, shift, tack, tilt, turn, twist, yaw, zigzag, curvation, deflection, flection, flexure |
| Antonyms: | line |
| Main Entry: | bias |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause to favor |
| Synonyms: | distort, incline, influence, prejudice, slant, sway, twist, warp, weight, make partial, prepossess |
| Notes: | a person's bias is based on facts, but prejudice occurs without a person knowing or examining the facts |
| Antonyms: | be fair, be impartial, be just |
| Main Entry: | blemish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | flaw, disfigure |
| Synonyms: | blot, blotch, blur, damage, deface, distort, harm, hurt, impair, injure, maim, mangle, mar, mark, mutilate, pervert, prejudice, scar, smudge, spoil, spot, stain, sully, taint, tarnish, twist, vitiate, wrench |
| Antonyms: | adorn, beautify, decorate, embellish, ornament |
| Main Entry: | braid |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | interweave |
| Synonyms: | cue, entwine, interlace, intertwine, lace, mesh, plait, ravel, twine, twist, weave, complect, interknit, pigtail |
| Antonyms: | unbraid |
| Main Entry: | buckle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | contort, warp |
| Synonyms: | bend, bulge, collapse, crumple, distort, fold, twist, yield, cave in |
| Antonyms: | flatten, smooth |
| Main Entry: | coil |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | thread that curls |
| Synonyms: | bight, braid, circle, convolution, lap, loop, ring, roll, scroll, spiral, tendril, turn, twine, twirl, twist, whorl, wind, corkscrew, curlicue, gyration, helix, involution |
| Main Entry: | coil |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | curl around, entwine |
| Synonyms: | convolute, fold, intertwine, lap, loop, rotate, scroll, snake, spiral, spire, turn, twine, twist, wind, writhe, convolve, corkscrew, intervolve, make serpentine, sinuate, wrap around, wreathe |
| Main Entry: | complicate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | confuse, make difficult |
| Synonyms: | bedevil, clog, combine, confound, convolute, derange, disarrange, disorder, elaborate, embroil, entangle, fold, foul up*, handicap, impede, interweave, involve, jumble, mix up, muddle, multiply, obscure, perplex, ravel, screw up*, snafu*, snag, tangle, twist, upset, add fuel to fire, infold, interfuse, interrelate, make intricate, make waves, muck up*, open can of worms, render unintelligible, snarl up |
| Antonyms: | disentangle, ease, explain, facilitate, untangle, make simple |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | concept |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | idea |
| Synonyms: | abstraction, apprehension, approach, conceit, conception, consideration, hypothesis, image, impression, notion, perception, slant, supposition, theory, thought, twist, view, wrinkle, big idea, brain wave, brainchild, conceptualization, fool notion, intellection |
| Antonyms: | being, concrete |
| Main Entry: | contort |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disfigure, distort |
| Synonyms: | bend, convolute, curve, deform, knot, torture, twist, warp, wind, wrench, writhe, gnarl, misshape |
| Antonyms: | beautify, smooth |
| Main Entry: | contortion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | distortion, mutilation |
| Synonyms: | deformity, dislocation, grimace, malformation, pout, twist, ugliness, anamorphosis, crookedness, deformation, misproportion, misshapement, unsightliness, wryness |
| Antonyms: | beauty, smoothness |
| Main Entry: | convolution |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | loop, spiral |
| Synonyms: | coil, complexity, contortion, intricacy, serpentine, swirl, twist, undulation, winding, coiling, curlicue, flexing, gyration, helix, involution, sinuosity, sinuousness, snaking, tortuousness |
| Antonyms: | line, straightness |
| Main Entry: | crinkle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | crumple, ruffle |
| Synonyms: | cockle, coil, crackle, crease, crimp, curl, fold, hiss, pucker, rumple, rustle, screw, scrunch, seam, swish, twist, whisper, wind, wrinkle, crimple, ruck, scallop, wreathe |
| Antonyms: | straighten |
| Main Entry: | curl |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | loop, ringlet, curve |
| Synonyms: | coil, crimp, flourish, kink, quirk, spiral, swirl, twist, wave, whorl, crispation, curlicue, frizz |
| Antonyms: | line |
| Main Entry: | curl |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bend, loop |
| Synonyms: | buckle, coil, contort, convolute, crimp, crinkle, crisp, crook, curve, entwine, fold, indent, kink, lap, meander, ringlet, ripple, roll, snake, spiral, swirl, turn, twine, twirl, twist, undulate, wave, wind, writhe, zigzag, corkscrew, form into ringlets, frizz, scallop, wreathe |
| Antonyms: | straighten |
| Main Entry: | curve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bending in a shape or course |
| Synonyms: | arc, arch, bend, bow, buckle, bulge, coil, concave, convex, crook, crumple, curl, deviate, divert, gyrate, hook, loop, round, skew, snake, spiral, stoop, swerve, turn, twist, veer, wind, incurve, inflect, wreathe |
| Antonyms: | straighten |
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