tort

Usage

• tortuous

  Something that is tortuous, such as a piece of writing, is long and complicated with many twists and turns in direction; a tortuous argument can be deceitful because it twists or turns the truth.

• distortion

  When something is subjected to distortion, it is twisted out of shape in some way.

• retort

  When you give a retort to what someone has said, you reply in a quick and witty fashion.

• contort

  twist and press out of shape

• contorted

  twisted (especially as in pain or struggle)

• contortion

  the act of twisting or deforming the shape of something (e.g., yourself)

• distort

  make false by mutilation or addition

• distorted

  so badly formed or out of shape as to be ugly

• extortion

  an exorbitant charge

• extortionate

  greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation

• extortioner

  a criminal who extorts money from someone by threatening to expose embarrassing information about them

• tortoise

  usually herbivorous land turtles having clawed elephant-like limbs

• torture

  the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason

• torturer

  someone who inflicts severe physical pain (usually for punishment or coercion)

• torturous

  extremely painful