twisted adj.2
1. annoyed, out of emotional control.
![[US]](/static/img/flags/us.png "United States") | ‘College Words and Phrases’ in DN II:i 68: twisted, adj. 1. Wrong. 2. Crazy. | |
| A Rope of Sand (1947) 203: ‘Is Pierre crazy?’ [...] ‘Not in the legal sense.’ I didn’t believe he was; twisted but not mad. | |
![[UK]](/static/img/flags/uk.png "United Kingdom") | Cotters’ England (1980) 223: I thought she was a bit – twisted [...] a neurotic. | |
| Dog Soldiers (1976) 243: Ah, man [...] Don’t get twisted. Take it easy. | |
![[NZ]](/static/img/flags/nz.png "New Zealand") | Outside In I ii: Twisted. Cracked. Up the pole. Round the bend. Fucked! | |
![[Ire]](/static/img/flags/ire.png "Ireland") | Salesman 325: This guy’s one sick, twisted fuck. | |
![[SA]](/static/img/flags/sa.png "South Africa") | Gayle 100/2: twisted queen n. gay man who is temporarily deranged, usually as a result of being dumped by a lover, and is bent on revenge. |
2. odd, bizarre, extraordinary.
| More Ex-Tank Tales 22: To convince myself that he wasn’t twisted beneath his thatch. | |
| Put on the Spot 50: That Kinky King guy had a hundred twists in his twisted joint. | |
| How to Talk Dirty 26: He was a real twisted nut in regard to his refuse-filing system. | |
| Tales of the City (1984) 226: ‘It’s truly twisted.’ ‘I knew you’d get into it.’. | |
| ‘The Russians are Coming’ Only Fools and Horses [TV script] It’s probably because you’re a twisted perverted corrupted, warped little pervo! | |
| Rivethead (1992) 146: She was also just as twisted and desperate as the rest of us when it came to engaging in [...] hijinks. | |
| Guardian Guide 24–30 July 61: The perfect accompaniment for Roald Dahl’s twisted imagination. | |
| Nature Girl 80: Are you making this up? Because it’s incredibly twisted. | |
| Secret Hours 189: He was either as clever as a barrelful of monkeys or so twisted he could see himself coming back. |
3. confused.
| ‘College Words and Phrases’ in DN II:i 68: twisted, adj. Confused. | |
| Forty Modern Fables 100: An Intimate Friend asked Albert if he had not got Twisted and given the Ring to the wrong one. | |
| Hand-made Fables 93: ‘I think you’re Twisted.’ ‘No chance. Room Clerks know everything.’. | |
| Death on a Dude Ranch (1953) 165: It’s easy to get her twisted and I’ll bet she’s scared of you, and is twisted now. | |
| Newport Jazz Festival: 1959 46: twisted: confused, too far out. | |
 | Metronome Sept. 16: twisted: [...] confused. | |
| Won’t Know Till I Get There 74: Can’t sleep after talking to my father last night. I’m about as twisted over this thing as I can be. | |
| Da Bomb 🌐 30: Twisted; 1. Confused. |
4. (orig. US, also twister) very drunk.
| Und. Speaks n.p.: Twister, drunk; intoxicated. | |
| Scene (1996) 110: ‘If Daddy were alive —’ ‘He’d be twisted nutty under the table.’. | |
| Pimp 29: Everybody belly up to the log and get twisted on me. | |
| S.R.O. (1998) 11: I was so goddam twisted I hand’t been sure. | |
| (con. 1930s) Emerald Square 350: I don’t take too much notice of the Uncle, not at the weekend anyway. He’s always half twisted. | |
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5. (orig. US) extremely intoxicated by a drug, esp. the hallucinogens or cannabis.
| Scene (1996) 6: But now he had the boy; he could lie around [...] twisted, drugged to the verge of insensibility. | |
| ‘Strictly Genteel ’ 🎵 We all gonna get twisted / We all gonna get wasted. | |
| Runnin’ Down Some Lines 176: Terms like [...] twisted, ruint, and hurt provoke the feeling of devastation. | |
| Nick’s Trip 120: [H]e had never let me drive his car, even on his most twisted nights. | |
| ‘Amityville’ 🎵 I get lifted and spit until I’m half-twisted. | |
| Ten Storey Love Song 188: Bobby was all twisted on the CK. |
6. cynical, disenchanted.
| Guntz 207: They just aren’t twisted enough on account of not having lived enough. | |
| Lucky You 202: He did that to himself. Bloody holes and all. That Dominick, he’s one twisted sonofabitch. |
7. (US campus) of a female, bisexual.
| Da Bomb 🌐 30: Twisted [...] bisexual female. |