| Main Entry: | twist |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | curl, spin |
Synonyms: |
coil, contort, corkscrew, encircle, entwine, intertwine, rick, screw, spiral, sprain, squirm, swivel, turn, turn around, twine, twirl, warp, weave, wiggle, wind, wrap, wrap around, wreathe, wrench, wriggle, wring, writhe, zigzag |
Antonyms: |
straighten, uncurl, untwist |
| Main Entry: | twist |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | misrepresent |
Synonyms: |
alter, belie, change, color, contort, distort, falsify, garble, misquote, misstate, pervert, warp |
Antonyms: |
explain, explicate |
| Main Entry: | twisted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | crooked |
Synonyms: |
awry, bent, braided, contorted, curled, gnarled, tangled, twined, twisting, wrenched |
Antonyms: |
even, straight |
| Main Entry: | twisted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | perverted |
Synonyms: |
awry, confused, corrupt, distorted, perplexing, perverse, puzzling, sick, unsound |
Antonyms: |
clear, simple, wholesome |
| Main Entry: | twisted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | knotty |
Synonyms: |
awry, bent, braided, coiled, complicated, contorted, convoluted, crooked, curled, gnarled, intricate, involved, knurly, perverted, tangled, tortile, tortuous, wound, wry |
Antonyms: |
untwisted |
| Main Entry: | askew |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | crooked |
Synonyms: |
askance, askant, aslant, awry, bent, buckled, catawampus, cockeyed, crookedly, curved, knotted, lopsided, oblique, obliquely, off-center, slanted, slanting, to one side, topsy-turvey, turned, twisted, yaw ways, zigzag |
| Main Entry: | belie |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deceive |
Synonyms: |
color, conceal, disguise, distort, falsify, garble, give the lie to, gloss over, hide, miscolor, mislead, misrepresent, misstate, pervert, trump up, twist, warp |
Antonyms: |
be honest |
| Main Entry: | bend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | form or cause a curve |
Synonyms: |
angle away, angle off, arch, bow, buckle, camber, careen, circle, contort, crimp, crinkle, crook, crouch, curl, deflect, deform, detour, double, droop, flex, genuflect, hook, incline, incurvate, lean, loop, pervert, round, spiral, stoop, swerve, tilt, turn, twist, veer, verge, warp, waver, wilt, wind, yaw, zigzag |
Antonyms: |
straighten |
| Main Entry: | bent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | curved |
Synonyms: |
angled, arced, arched, arciform, bowed, contorted, crooked, curvilinear, doubled over, drooping, droopy, hooked, humped, hunched, inclined, limp, looped, round, rounded, sinuous, slouchy, slumped, stooped, twined, twisted, warped, wilted |
Antonyms: |
straight |
| Main Entry: | bias |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause to favor |
Synonyms: |
distort, incline, influence, make partial, prejudice, prepossess, slant, sway, twist, warp, weight |
| 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 |