twisted

adjective

twist·​ed ˈtwi-stəd 

: mentally or emotionally unsound or disturbed : sick

a cruel, twisted mind

And you know there will be some strange and twisted bitter man who will listen to all our messages.

—Cynthia Heimel

Synonyms

• bending
• crazy
• crooked
• curled
• curling
• curved
• curving
• curvy
• devious
• serpentine
• sinuous
• tortuous
• twisting
• winding
• windy

Examples of twisted in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Yellowjackets season 3 After a successful first two seasons of the twisted thriller show, Yellowjackets returns with season 3 — and its only more violent, bloodthirsty and disturbing. —Rebecca Aizin, People.com, 14 Feb. 2025

But the Triumph was now just another pile of twisted metal. —Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2025

Meanwhile, in the present timeline, Misty accidentally kills Natalie and Lottie is taken to a mental facility The adult Yellowjackets once again drew cards to determine who the wilderness would claim — a twisted suggestion from Lottie. —Michaela Zee, Variety, 13 Feb. 2025

Washington has also accepted a twisted form of Lebanese nationalism that cast Israel as the enemy but celebrated Iran and Syria’s subjugation and domination of Lebanon. —Elliott Abrams, Foreign Affairs, 7 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1890, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for twisted

• distad
• fisted
• listed
• misted
• assisted
• blacklisted
• consisted
• desisted
• encysted
• enlisted
• existed
• insisted