About The Word Writhe
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Writhe
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What's The Definition Of Writhe?
[v] to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (esp. when struggling); "The prisoner writhed in discomfort."; "The child tried to wriggle free from his aunt's embrace."
Synonyms | Synonyms for Writhe: squirm | twist | worm | wrestle | wriggle Related Terms | Find terms related to Writhe: Writhe In Webster's Dictionary \Writhe\, v. t. [imp. {Writhed}; p. p. {Writhed}, Obs. or
Poetic {Writhen}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Writhing}.] [OE. writhen,
AS. wr[=i]?an to twist; akin to OHG. r[=i]dan, Icel. r[=i]?a,
Sw. vrida, Dan. vride. Cf. {Wreathe}, {Wrest}, {Wroth}.]
1. To twist; to turn; now, usually, to twist or turn so as to
distort; to wring. ``With writhing [turning] of a pin.''
--Chaucer.
Then Satan first knew pain, And writhed him to and
fro. --Milton.
Her mouth she writhed, her forehead taught to frown.
--Dryden.
His battle-writhen arms, and mighty hands.
--Tennyson.
2. To wrest; to distort; to pervert.
The reason which he yieldeth showeth the least part
of his meaning to be that whereunto his words are
writhed. --Hooker.
3. To extort; to wring; to wrest. [R.]
The nobility hesitated not to follow the example of their
sovereign in writhing money from them by every species of
oppression. --Sir W.
Scott.
\Writhe\, v. i. To twist or contort the body; to be distorted; as, to writhe with agony. Also used figuratively. After every attempt, he felt that he had failed, and writhed with shame and vexation. --Macaulay. |
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