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SQUIRM definition: 1. to move from side to side in an awkward way, sometimes because of nervousness, embarrassment, or…. Learn more.
SQUIRM meaning: 1. to move from side to side in an awkward way, sometimes because of nervousness, embarrassment, or…. Learn more.
The meaning of SQUIRM is to twist about like a worm : fidget. How to use squirm in a sentence.
verb (used without object) to wriggle or writhe. Synonyms: twist, turn. to feel or display discomfort or distress, as from reproof, embarrassment, pain, etc.: He squirmed under the judge's questioning. noun. the act of squirming; a squirming or wriggling movement. squirm. / skwɜːm / verb. to move with a wriggling motion; writhe.
If you squirm, you move your body from side to side, usually because you are nervous or uncomfortable. He had squirmed and wriggled and screeched when his father had washed his face. [ VERB ]
Synonyms for SQUIRM: fidget, twitch, toss, jerk, wiggle, writhe, tremble, twist; Antonyms of SQUIRM: relax, rest, unwind, calm (down), still, immobility, pause, inertia.
1. To twist about in a wriggling, snakelike motion; writhe. 2. To feel or exhibit signs of humiliation or embarrassment. n. 1. The act of squirming. 2. A squirming movement. [ Origin unknown .] squirm′er n. squirm′y adj. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
