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- Dictionarywrithe/rʌɪð/
verb
- 1. make twisting, squirming movements or contortions of the body: "he writhed in agony on the ground"
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WRITHE definition: 1. to make large twisting movements with the body: 2. to experience a very difficult or unpleasant…. Learn more.
WRITHE meaning: 1. to make large twisting movements with the body: 2. to experience a very difficult or unpleasant…. Learn more.
If you writhe, your body twists and turns violently backwards and forwards, usually because you are in great pain or discomfort.
To writhe is to squirm and twist. Often you'll see the phrase "to writhe in agony." Writhe when you've just ingested some stomach-wrenching poison, or perhaps in response to red ant stings. Writhe stems from the Old English, meaning "to twist or bend." It's not a coincidence that a Christmas wreath is greenery twisted and bent into a circle.
Writhe definition: to twist the body about or squirm, as in pain, violent effort, uncontrolled passion, etc.. See examples of WRITHE used in a sentence.
writhe noun. Did you know? Writhe wound its way to us from the Old English verb wrīthan, meaning “to twist,” and that ancestral meaning lives on in the word’s current uses, most of which have to do with twists of one kind or another.
writhe (about/around) (in/with something) to twist or move your body without stopping, often because you are in great pain She was writhing around on the floor in agony. The snake writhed and hissed.
to twist your body in a violent way, often because you are in pain: She lay on her bed, writhing in agony. (Definition of writhe from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of writhe. in Chinese (Traditional) 扭動, 蠕動, 痛苦不安，難堪… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) 扭动, 蠕动, 痛苦不安，难堪… See more. in Spanish.
writhe. ( raɪð) vb. 1. to twist or squirm in or as if in pain. 2. ( intr) to move with such motions. 3. ( intr) to suffer acutely from embarrassment, revulsion, etc. n. the act or an instance of writhing. [Old English wrīthan; related to Old High German rīdan, Old Norse rītha.
If you writhe, your body twists and turns violently backwards and forwards, usually because you are in great pain or discomfort.
