wrestedadj.
/ˈrɛstᵻd/, U.S. /ˈrɛstəd/ 1. That has undergone wresting or wringing; twisted. Also transferred.
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the world > space > shape > misshapenness > [adjective] > of or relating to distortion > distorted
wrongwende?c1225
writhenc1475
thrawnc1494
tort1513
encrampised1523
wry1552
thraw?1553
contort1570
wried1576
writhed1578
turned1585
distort1588
tortured1603
wrested1609
contorted1622
distorted1635
twisted1830
wreathed1844
gnarled1851
squinched1899
contortioned1922
pretzelled1938
the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > [adjective] > twisted spirally
woundenOE
thwarlc1400
wreathenc1400
writhenc1475
thrown1534
crinkled1558
contort1570
torqued1577
writhed1578
rivelled1594
wrested1609
twound1610
twirled1611
contorted1622
tortile1658
torcular1661
roped1681
wended?1690
twisted1725
entwisteda1800
torquated1851
barley sugar1868
spirated1871
wrangled1876
rangled1924
1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. 50 Bolts and darts discharged violently from the writhed and wrested strings of a brake or such like engine.
1616 W. Browne Britannia's Pastorals II. v. 121 A wrested Bryre Onely kept close the gate which led into it.
a1617 P. Baynes Comm. Ephes. (1658) 72 The ache of a wrested joynt.
1656 J. Smith Compl. Pract. Physick 320 The Bone may alwaies remain wrested.
2. figurative. Deflected or turned from the true meaning or natural application; strained, perverted.
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > misinterpretation > distortion or perversion of meaning > [adjective]
corruptc1386
racked1546
detorted?1550
wrested1551
writhen1551
writhed1562
forced1583
tortured1603
strained1609
distorted1641
violented1641
crook1647
extorted1652
refracted1655
madly wrested1656
wry1663
corrupted1699
non-natural1844
1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia sig. Fii The bare wordes of the lawe, or a wrythen and wrested vnderstandynge of the same.
a1555 J. Hooper in M. Coverdale Certain Lett. Martyrs (1564) 160 This iudgement of Paul is more to be followed, then al our own fayned and wrested defences.
1559 T. Brice Reg. Martyrs July 1557 D ij When wrested law put him to deth.
1589 T. Cooper Admon. People of Eng. 32 So many wrested Scriptures, so many false conclusions.
1615 J. Stephens Satyrical Ess. 175 For he, wanting the humor of his wrested observance, falles away into ignorant silence.
1687 F. Atterbury Answer Considerations Spirit Luther 46 Little wrested sentences of authors.
1729 T. Innes Crit. Ess. Anc. Inhabitants Scotl. I. 330 Wrested texts of the Old Testament.
a1743 R. Savage Epist. Sir R. Walpole 133 New courts of censure..Explain'd, at will, each statute's wrested aim.
1868 J. Bruce in K. Digby Jrnl. Voy. Mediterranean Pref. p. xv Opinions..raised upon wrested inferences.
3. Drawn out, taken or acquired, by force.
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the mind > possession > taking > extortion > [adjective] > taken by extortion
extorted1552
wrested1565
extortious1602
abstorted1658
society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > [adjective] > done, produced, or obtained by compulsion
threata1400
constraintc1430
compelled1541
compulsed1541
violent?1550
extorted1552
wrested1565
coacted1570
enforced1576
forced1576
compulsory1581
commandeda1586
coactive1596
infortiate1601
extortious1602
coact1610
compulsive1611
exacted1618
necessitous1632
violented1641
necessary1655
on-forced1656
commandatorya1659
extorsive1669
compellable1677
compulsatory1748
obbligato1780
coerced1877
mandatory1891
shotgun1937
1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus at Cado Non sponte cadentes lachrymae, wrested teares.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. i. sig. Bb8v Death me liefer were, then such despight, So vnto wrong to yield my wrested right.
a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) iv. iii. 155 Vast confusion waites As doth a Rauen on a sicke-falne beast, The iminent decay of wrested pompe. View more context for this quotation
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