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twist


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TO HURT SOMEONE PHYSICALLY


I twisted my ankle jumping off a wall.

Synonyms and examples


hurt
I hurt my arm climbing over the fence.
injure
The bomb killed ten people and injured many more.
wound
He was wounded so badly in the attack that doctors said he might never walk again.
maim
The atrocities have killed or maimed thousands of people.
torture
The guards were accused of torturing prisoners.
stab
He was fatally stabbed with a kitchen knife.
shoot
The gunman shot his victims in broad daylight.
sting
I got stung by a wasp.
sprain
He sprained his knee in a practice match.
pull
My back hurts - I think I've pulled a muscle.
break
She broke a bone in her right foot.
fracture
I fell on a patch of ice and fractured three vertebrae.
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hurt someone’s feelings
upset
pain
formal
grieve
formal
grief
heartache
heartbreak
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If you hurt someone physically, you cause damage to their body. You can also hurt someone emotionally. Someone who experiences hurt is experiencing emotional pain.

TO SAY SOMETHING NOT TRUE IN ORDER TO DECEIVE


She accused her opponent of twisting the truth about her time in Parliament.

Synonyms and examples


lie
All she does is lie - you can't believe a word she says.
tell a lie
I cannot tell a lie: I chopped down the cherry tree.
lie through your teeth
informal
He lied through his teeth that he didn't go to the cinema, though he was still holding the ticket stub in his hand as he said it.
fib
informal
I don't like fibbing, but I didn't want to hurt his feelings by saying his gift was awful.
mislead
I'm afraid you've been misled. She is, in fact, married.
delude
He's deluding himself if he thinks that he's getting that promotion.
invent
There's no need to invent excuses for not going - just decline the invitation.
concoct
She concocted the wildest stories to get out of attending class.
feed someone a line
disapproving
He fed me some line about how his dog was sick and cancelled our date.
make something up
You never met The Beatles! You're just making that up.
fabricate
The suspects admited to having fabricated their alibis on the night of the robbery and were charged with grand theft.
distort
Reporters have distorted the facts of the case so badly, and influenced the jury through their bad reporting, that the judge has declared a mistrial.
misrepresent
I have been misrepresented by my opponent as a socialist when nothing could be further from the truth.
stretch the truth
I have published a book that sold very well, but it's stretching the truth to say that I was on the best-seller lists.
put something about/around
UKinformal
She put it about that her husband was going to be knighted.
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If you lie, you say something that is untrue in order to deceive someone.

twist | American Thesaurus


twist


verb
These are words and phrases related to twist. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of twist.
The girl twisted her hair into a braid. Twist the tourniquet tighter. Twist the dial to the left.

Synonyms


wind
twine
intertwine
entwine
interlace
tangle
knot
ravel
coil
curl
roll
wrap
rotate
turn
swivel
pivot
whirl
spin

Antonyms


untwist
unwind
straighten
uncoil
unroll
unwrap
untangle
disentangle
unknot
unravel
The road twists to the right at the next intersection.

Synonyms


bend
curve
wind
arc
swing
swerve
veer
curl
snake
zigzag
meander
Aunt Louise twisted her ankle when she fell. The boy twisted the toy from his brother's hands.

Synonyms


wrench
turn
sprain
wrest
yank
pull
She twisted my words to suit her own purpose. His face was twisted in pain.

Synonyms


distort
contort
wrench out of shape

twist


noun
The prospector carried the gold dust in a twist of paper.

Synonyms


curl
coil
roll
corkscrew
spiral
tangle
knot
kink
Give the knob a twist.

Synonyms


turn
rotation
spin
whirl
wrench
The mountain road is full of twists.

Synonyms


bend
zigzag
winding curve
corkscrew curve
convolution
involution
There's an unusual twist to the plot at the end of the book. An indoor picnic—there's a new twist!.

Synonyms


change
development
surprise
turn
notion
idea
approach
slant
treatment
way
system
method
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