verb

1. To turn the ends of something, usually thread, rope etc., in opposite directions, often using force.

2. To join together by twining one part around another.

3. To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve.

adjective

1. Contorted.

2. Wound spirally.

3. Mentally disturbed or unsound.

   “The murders were committed by a twisted sociopath.”

Synonyms: pretzelled, deranged, disturbed, perverted, sick, warped, coiled