contortion
Extreme bodily bending
Contortion is the act of twisting or bending something, especially the body, into an unusual or unnatural shape.
The word often describes the extreme flexibility of circus performers: The contortionist's contortions amazed the audience.
Faces contort in pain or disgust.
Arguments can be contorted—twisted to mean something they don't: His contortions of logic convinced no one.
Ability to adapt easily
- supplenessCapacity to bend easily
- limbernessBodily flexibility
- pliabilityAbility to bend easily
- elasticityTendency to resume original form
bendiness · hypermobility · double-jointed · agility · dexterity · stretchability · mobility · looseness
Traveling entertainment with performers
- sideshowSecondary carnival attraction
- performerOne who entertains audiences
- flexibilityAbility to adapt easily
- gymnastBalance and flexibility athlete
acrobat · aerialist · tumbler · equilibrist · handstand · backbend · split · showmanship
Depict inaccurately or falsely
- twistRotating motion or surprise
- skewTwist from straight
- warpBend from true form
- manipulationUnderhanded control of others
falsify · perversion · misconstruction · misinterpretation · bias · spin · garble · mangle
twist
Rotating motion or surprise
curl · writhe · wrench · spiral · loop · kink · entwine · wind · gyrate · rotate
flexibility
Ability to adapt easily
- supplenessCapacity to bend easily
- limbernessBodily flexibility
- pliabilityAbility to bend easily
elasticity · bendiness · hypermobility · double-jointed · agility · dexterity · stretchability · mobility · looseness · range of motion
circus
Traveling entertainment with performers
- sideshowSecondary carnival attraction
- performerOne who entertains audiences
- flexibilityAbility to adapt easily
gymnast · acrobat · aerialist · tumbler · equilibrist · handstand · backbend · split · showmanship · spectacle
misrepresent
Depict inaccurately or falsely
manipulation · falsify · perversion · misconstruction · misinterpretation · bias · spin · garble · mangle · corruption
grimace
Twisted expression of displeasure
expression · frown · pout · smirk · squint · cringe · mugging · twitch · rictus
overextension
Exceeding sustainable capacity
soreness · cramp · spasm · stress · tension · pull · tear · dislocation · ache · discomfort
- circuscircus, big top, clown, clowns, ringmaster
- gymnasticsgymnastics, balance beam, floor exercise, handstand, parallel bars
- acrobaticsacrobat, tumbling, somersault, cartwheel, handstand
- circus acrobaticsacrobats, trapeze, trapeze artists, flying trapeze, tightrope
- circus actsacrobat, acrobats, trapeze artist, juggling, jugglers
- deformingbending, twisting, warping, curving, folding
contortionstraightness
Absence of curvature
alignment · straightening · linearity · extension · unbending
contortiongrace
Effortless beauty of motion
elegance · beauty · gracefulness · smoothness · poise