Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun contortion

2 senses of contortion

Sense 1
contortion, deformation -- (the act of twisting or deforming the shape of something (e.g., yourself))
       => change of shape -- (an action that changes the shape of something)

Sense 2
tortuosity, tortuousness, torsion, contortion, crookedness -- (a tortuous and twisted shape or position; "they built a tree house in the tortuosities of its boughs"; "the acrobat performed incredible contortions")
       => distorted shape, distortion -- (a shape resulting from distortion)