writhe

writhe  (r)

v. writhed, writh·ing, writhes

v.intr.

1. To twist, as in pain, struggle, or embarrassment.

2. To move with a twisting or contorted motion.

3. To suffer acutely.

v.tr.

To cause to twist or squirm; contort.

n.

The act or an instance of writhing; a contortion.

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[Middle English writhen, from Old English wrthan; see wer-² in Indo-European roots.]

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writher n.

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writhe

Verb

[writhing, writhed] to twist or squirm in pain: writhing in agony [Old English wrīthan]

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

writhe - 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" squirm, twist, worm, wriggle, wrestle move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" wrench - make a sudden twisting motion

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writhe

verb squirm, struggle, twist, toss, distort, thrash, jerk, wriggle, wiggle, contort, convulse, thresh

Translations

writhe [raɪð] vi → retorcerse

writhe [raɪð] vi → se tordre

writhe [raɪð] vi → sich krümmen

writhe [raɪð] vi → contorcersi

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writhe

v writhe [raið]

to twist violently to and fro, especially in pain or discomfort to writhe in agony; She writhed about when I tickled her. draai يَتَلَوّى гърча се svíjet se vride sig sich krümmen σφαδάζω, σπαρταρώ retorcerse väänlema از شدت درد به خود پیچیدن vääntelehtiä (se) tordre לְהִתפַּתֵל מִכּאֵב तड़पना kriviti, trzati vonaglik menggeliat-geliat engjast um torcersi, contorcersi 身もだえする 몸부림치다, 몸을 뒤틀다 raitytis locīties (sāpēs); mētāties meronta-ronta kronkelen vri seg, sno seg wić się contorcer-se a se zvârcoli извиваться zvíjať sa zvijati se grčiti se vrida sig บิดตัวเพราะเจ็บปวด; งอเพราะเจ็บปวด; บิดเบี้ยวด้วยความเจ็บปวด kıvranmak 扭動(身體) корчитися, звиватися درد سے اینٹھنا đau quằn quại 扭动（身体）