0 the action of twisting or bending violently and unnaturally into a different shape or form, or the shape or form into which something is twisted or bent: --
Treating this as a matter of marginal importance requires some intellectual contortion.
He called on the government to end its linguistic contortions and say clearly that the proposed pricing structure is a subsidy.
She performs impressive contortions to get rid of her body hair.
The app allows you to stretch pictures of your face into weird contortions.