Distorted, turned aside.

Of a thing: twisted out of regular shape or form; contorted. Now chiefly literary or archaic.

literal. Twisted, crooked, bent out of shape; misshapen, distorted.

Twisted; in quot. 1513, ? tortured (construed as past participle).

cramped, distorted.

That has undergone twisting, contortion, or deflection; wrung out of shape; twisted, crooked, bent.

Twisted, turned awry. Also in combinations = wry, adj., as thraw-gabbit adj. wry-mouthed, peevish. thraw-necked adj. having the neck twisted.

Twisted, contorted.

That has undergone contortion or twisting; writhed, contorted.

More generally: that has undergone writhing or twisting; twisted out of regular shape or form.

Bent or twisted: see turn, v. 9.

Distorted (of which it may have been viewed as a shortened form); wry, awry.

Subjected or put to torture (literal and figurative); tormented; wrested, etc.: see the verb.

That has undergone wresting or wringing; twisted. Also transferred.

Twisted, esp. twisted together or round itself; drawn awry or out of shape by a twisting action.

Twisted out of shape; drawn awry; made crooked; represented with parts out of proportion, like the shadows falling obliquely on a surface.

Wrung out of shape; distorted; contorted; turned or bent awry; spec. in Botany = contorted, adj. 2; crooked, tortuous, winding; turned or wrung…

Twisted into a circular shape; having a coiled or spiral form; twisted, contorted.

Of a tree: Covered with protuberances; distorted, twisted; rugged, knotted.

(also with up).

twisted.

Twisted, contorted, tangled.