contorted

adj 1: twisted (especially as in pain or struggle); "his mad

contorted smile"; "writhed lips"; "my writhen

features"- Walter scott [syn: {writhed}, {writhen}]

2: strained or wrenched out of normal shape; "old trees with

contorted branches"; "scorched and distorted fragments of

steel"; "trapped under twisted steel girders" [syn: {distorted},

{twisted}]