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a face contorted with pain

  • 1 contort

    transitive verb
    verdrehen (auch fig.); verzerren [Gesicht, Gesichtszüge]; verrenken, verdrehen [Körper]
    * * *
    [kən'to:t]
    (to twist or turn violently: His face was contorted with pain.) verzerren, verdrehen
    - academic.ru/15696/contortion">contortion
    - contortionist
    * * *
    con·tort
    [kənˈtɔ:t, AM -ˈtɔ:rt]
    I. vi (in pain) sich akk verzerren; (in displeasure) sich akk verziehen
    his face had \contorted with bitterness and rage seine Miene hatte sich vor Bitterkeit und Wut verzogen
    II. vt
    ▪ to \contort sth
    1. (deform) etw verdrehen [o verrenken]
    to \contort one's body sich akk verrenken
    a face \contorted by pain ein schmerzverzerrtes Gesicht
    2. (abuse) etw verdrehen pej fam
    to \contort the truth/sb's words die Wahrheit/jds Worte verdrehen pej fam
    * * *
    [kən'tɔːt]
    vt
    1) one's features, metal verziehen (into zu); limbs verrenken, verdrehen
    2) (fig) words verdrehen; report also verzerren
    * * *
    contort [kənˈtɔː(r)t]
    A v/t
    1. die Glieder verdrehen, verrenken
    2. das Gesicht verzerren, verziehen
    3. fig Tatsachen etc verdrehen
    B v/i sich verzerren oder verziehen ( with vor dat; in a grimace zu einer Grimasse)
    * * *
    transitive verb
    verdrehen (auch fig.); verzerren [Gesicht, Gesichtszüge]; verrenken, verdrehen [Körper]
    * * *
    v.
    verdrehen v.

    English-german dictionary > contort

  • 2 contort

    con·tort [kənʼtɔ:t, Am -ʼtɔ:rt] vi
    ( in pain) sich akk verzerren;
    ( in displeasure) sich akk verziehen;
    his face had \contorted with bitterness and rage seine Miene hatte sich vor Bitterkeit und Wut verzogen vt
    to \contort sth
    1) ( deform) etw verdrehen [o verrenken];
    to \contort one's body sich akk verrenken;
    a face \contorted by pain ein schmerzverzerrtes Gesicht
    2) ( abuse) etw verdrehen ( pej) ( fam)
    to \contort the truth/ sb's words die Wahrheit/jds Worte verdrehen ( pej) ( fam)

    English-German students dictionary > contort

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