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Contorted is a related term of aberrant.


As a verb contorted

is (contort).

As an adjective aberrant is

differing from the norm .

As a noun aberrant is

a person or object that deviates from the rest of a group.

contorted

English

Verb

(head)
  • (contort)

    • contort

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To twist in a violent manner; as, features contorted with fury.
  • To twist into or as if into a strained shape or expression.

    • Synonyms

    * deform * detort * twist

    Derived terms

    * contortion * contortive English ergative verbs

    aberrant

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Differing from the norm.
  • (sometimes, figuratively) Straying from the right way; deviating from morality or truth.
  • (botany, zoology) Deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal.
  • * ,
    • The more aberrant any form is, the greater must have been the number of connecting forms which, on my theory, have been exterminated.

    Derived terms

    * aberrance * aberrancy * aberration * aberrational * aberrantly

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person or object that deviates from the rest of a group.
  • (biology) A group, individual, or structure that deviates from the usual or natural type, especially with an atypical chromosome number.

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