Straight and Twisted

Straight

Straight adjective - Free from irregularities or digressions in course.
Usage example: in the wide, open spaces of the West some rural roads are incredibly straight

Twisted is an antonym for straight in topics: level, honest, orderly, unmixed, conventional.

Twisted

Twisted adjective - Marked by a long series of irregular curves.
Usage example: a twisted walking stick made from a blackthorn sapling

Straight is an antonym for twisted in topics: crooked, perverted, knotty.

Nearby Words: twist, twisting, twister, twisty

Both words in one sentence

  • Film / Shrooms Final Girl: Played straight, yet twisted on its head - Tara is not only the final girl, but also the killer.
  • Series / Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Played straight between Cameron and that other terminator whom she twisted up like a pretzel.
  • Played straight with "Dark Light" and "Venus Doom", then twisted in Screamworks with the subtitle phrase "Love in Theory and Practice" appearing in the song "Katherine Wheel".
    Source: Music / HIM
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