twisted

Etymology

verb

  1. simple past and past participle of twist

adj

  1. Contorted.
  2. Wound spirally.
  3. Mentally disturbed or unsound.
    The murders were committed by a twisted sociopath.
  4. Under the influence of multiple intoxicants, usually alcohol and marijuana.
    "Man is he high!" someone whispered. "Man, he's twisted! But on what? On what?" 1958, John Clellon Holmes, The Horn, Open Road Media, published 2015
    Very soon, I knew, we would both be completely twisted. 1971, Hunter S[tockton] Thompson, “Welcome to Las Vegas”, in The Great Shark Hunt, Simon and Schuster, published 2011, page 531

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