Meanings
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1
adj
Bent or turned out of its normal shape; distorted.
The crashed bike was a mess of twisted metal.
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2
adj
Strange and unpleasant in a mentally disturbing way; perverted.
He has a twisted sense of humor that makes people uneasy.
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3
verb
Past tense and past participle of twist.
She twisted the lid until the jar opened.
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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.