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writhe (r

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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.

The act or an instance of writhing; a contortion.

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

writher n.

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Adj.

writhed - twisted (especially as in pain or struggle); "his mad contorted smile"; "writhed lips"; "my writhen features"- Walter scott

contorted, writhen

crooked - having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned; "crooked country roads"; "crooked teeth"

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