contort

/kənˈtɔːt/ verb [I, T]

Translation

› If your face or body contorts, or you contort it, you twist it into a different shape, often because you are experiencing a strong emotion.

buruşturma, çarpıtma

His face was contorted with pain.1626

(Definition of contort verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

something which threatens to cause problems or unhappiness in the future

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