twisted

twisted
I
(Roget's IV) modif.
1. [Crooked]
Syn. contorted, wrenched, bent, knotted, braided, twined, wound, wreathed, vermiculate, vermiculated, vermicular, vermiform, writhing, convolute, convoluous, twisting.
Ant. straight*, even, regular.
2. [Confused]
Syn. erroneous, perplexing, wrongheaded, awry, puzzling, unintelligible, disorganized, perverted; see also confused 2 , tangled , wrong 3 .
Ant. clear*, simple, logical.
II
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) a.
1. knotted wound up, balled up, entwined, full of kinks, tangled, plaited, braided, convoluted, crooked.
2. distorted wrong, inaccurate, mixed-up.
3. perverted eccentric, weird.
ANT.: 1. smoothed, untangled. 2. true, accurate. 3. normal, sane

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