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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
writhe
v 1: to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when
struggling); "The prisoner writhed in discomfort"; "The
child tried to wriggle free from his aunt's embrace" [syn:
writhe, wrestle, wriggle, worm, squirm, twist]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Writhe \Writhe\, v. i.
To twist or contort the body; to be distorted; as, to writhe
with agony. Also used figuratively.
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After every attempt, he felt that he had failed, and
writhed with shame and vexation. --Macaulay.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Writhe \Writhe\, v. t. [imp. Writhed; p. p. Writhed, Obs. or
Poetic Writhen; p. pr. & vb. n. Writhing.] [OE. writhen,
AS. wr[imac]?an to twist; akin to OHG. r[imac]dan, Icel.
r[imac]?a, Sw. vrida, Dan. vride. Cf. Wreathe, Wrest,
Wroth.]
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1. To twist; to turn; now, usually, to twist or turn so as to
distort; to wring. "With writhing [turning] of a pin."
--Chaucer.
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Then Satan first knew pain,
And writhed him to and fro. --Milton.
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Her mouth she writhed, her forehead taught to frown.
--Dryden.
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His battle-writhen arms, and mighty hands.
--Tennyson.
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2. To wrest; to distort; to pervert.
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The reason which he yieldeth showeth the least part
of his meaning to be that whereunto his words are
writhed. --Hooker.
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3. To extort; to wring; to wrest. [R.]
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The nobility hesitated not to follow the example of
their sovereign in writhing money from them by every
species of oppression. --Sir W.
Scott.
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Thesaurus Results for writhe:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
ache, agonize, ail, anguish, bend, blanch, bleed, blench, buckle, contort, crook, crumple, distort, feel pain, feel the pangs, fidget, flinch, flip out, flutter, freak out on, get high on, glow, gnarl, go hard with, go pitapat, grimace, have a misery, have the fidgets, have the shakes, heave, hurt, jerk, knot, palpitate, pant, pound, quake, quaver, quiver, recoil, screw, shake, shiver, shoot, shrink, smart, spring, squiggle, squirm, suffer, suffer anguish, swell, swell with emotion, thrash, thrill, thrill to, throb, tingle, tingle with excitement, toss, toss and turn, tremble, tumble, turn, turn awry, turn on to, twinge, twist, twist and turn, twitch, twitter, wag, waggle, warp, wiggle, wince, worm, wrench, wrest, wriggle, wring |
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Common Misspellings > |
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