Contortion

n.

1.

A twisting; a writhing; wry motion; a twist; as, the contortion of the muscles of the face. All the contortions of the sibyl, without the inspiration. - Burke.

Noun	1.	contortion - the act of twisting or deforming the shape of something (e.g., yourself) Synonyms: deformation
	2.	contortion - a tortuous and twisted shape or position; "they built a tree house in the tortuosities of its boughs"; "the acrobat performed incredible contortions" Synonyms: crookedness, torsion, tortuosity, tortuousness

anamorphism, anamorphosis, asymmetry, buckle, crookedness, detorsion, deviation, disproportion, distortion, gnarl, imbalance, irregularity, knot, lopsidedness, quirk, screw, torsion, tortuosity, turn, twist, unsymmetry, warp, wrench, wrest, wring