1) Convoluted 2) Crooked 3) Distorted 4) In a grotesque grimace 5) Twisted 6) Twisted back on itself 7) Twisted in a violent manner 8) Writhed 9) Writhen Found on https://www.crosswordclues.com/clue/contorted
• (a.) Twisted, or twisted together. • (a.) Arranged so as to overlap each other; as, petals in contorted or convolute aestivation. • (a.) Twisted back upon itself, as some parts of plants. Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/contorted/
Con·tort'ed adjective 1. Twisted, or twisted together. 'A contorted chain of icicles.' Massinger. 2. (Botany) (a) Twisted back upon itself, as some parts of plants. (b) Arranged so as to overlap each other; as, petals in contorted or conv... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/148
writhenadjective twisted (especially as in pain or struggle); `his mad contorted smile`; `writhed lips`; `my writhen features`- Walter scott Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20974
distortedadjective strained or wrenched out of normal shape; `old trees with contorted branches`; `scorched and distorted fragments of steel`; `trapped under twisted steel girders` Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20974