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contortionistic

contortionistic adjective: involving or characterised by contortion.

Adjective

contortionistic (comparative more contortionistic, superlative most contortionistic)

  1. Involving or characterised by contortion.

Forms of contortionistic

comparativemore contortionistic
superlativemost contortionistic

Origin of contortionistic

From contortionist + -ic.

Questions about contortionistic

What does contortionistic mean?
Contortionistic means involving or characterised by contortion.
What part of speech is contortionistic?
Contortionistic is an adjective.

Words near contortionistic in the dictionary

  1. contorting
  2. contortion
  3. contortionate
  4. contortionism
  5. contortionist
  6. contortionistic
  7. contortionists
  8. contortions
  9. contortive
  10. contortly
  11. contortrostatin

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