twisted

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7
Pronunciation
/ˈtwɪstɪd/

Definition of twisted

8 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Consisting of two or more threads, strands or the like intertwined; formed by twisting or twining.
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adj

  1. Consisting of two or more threads, strands or the like intertwined; formed by twisting or twining.
  2. (also, with-up)Mentally or emotionally distorted or unsound; perverted.
    “twisted sense of humor”
    “The murders were committed by a twisted sociopath.”
    “I was a hard niggah, but not twisted enough to eat and socialize with my peeps knowing I was planning on robbing them before the night was over.”
    “It was almost noon, and we still had more than a hundred miles to go. They would be tough miles. Very soon, I knew, we would both be completely twisted. But there was no going back, and no time to rest. We would have to ride it out.”
  3. (broadly)Bent out of shape or out of place; distorted; contorted.
    “Don't get this twisted. Just because I don't hate you doesn't mean we're friends.”
  4. (broadly)Bent out of shape or out of place; distorted; contorted.
  5. Under heavy influence of intoxicants, usually alcohol and marijuana; very intoxicated.
    “Dude I’m so twisted right now.”
    “"Man is he high!" someone whispered. "Man, he's twisted! But on what? On what?"”
  6. Having a spiral ornament inside.
  7. (figuratively, obsolete)Intimately associated or connected; united; combined.

verb

  1. (form-of, participle, past)simple past and past participle of twist

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

The sense "intertwined" comes from twist (verb) by the late 15th century. The sense "mentally disturbed, perverted" is probably from twist (“mental peculiarity, perversion”, noun), which is attested by 1811.

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