Definition of writhe

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Writhe (v. i.) To twist or contort the body; to be distorted; as, to writhe with agony. Also used figuratively..

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Twist :: Twist (v. i.) To be contorted; to writhe; to be distorted by torsion; to be united by winding round each other; to be or become twisted; as, some strands will twist more easily than others..
Wrythen :: Wrythen (p. p.) Writhen.
Wring :: Wring (v. i.) To writhe; to twist, as with anguish..
Writhed :: Writhed (imp.) of Writh.
Wryneck :: Wryneck (n.) Any one of several species of Old World birds of the genus Jynx, allied to the woodpeckers; especially, the common European species (J. torguilla); -- so called from its habit of turning the neck around in different directions. Called also cuckoo's mate, snakebird, summer bird, tonguebird, and writheneck..
Writhe :: Writhe (v. i.) To twist or contort the body; to be distorted; as, to writhe with agony. Also used figuratively..
Writhen :: Writhen () of Writh.
Writhed :: Writhed (p. p.) of Writh.
Writhe :: Writhe (v. t.) To wrest; to distort; to pervert.
Wreathe :: Wreathe (n.) To cause to revolve or writhe; to twist about; to turn.
Wry :: Wry (v. i.) To twist; to writhe; to bend or wind.
Twist :: Twist (v. t.) To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve.
Squirr :: Squirm (v. i.) To twist about briskly with contor/ions like an eel or a worm; to wriggle; to writhe.
Writhe :: Writhe (v. t.) To twist; to turn; now, usually, to twist or turn so as to distort; to wring..
Wring :: Wring (v. t.) To twist and compress; to turn and strain with violence; to writhe; to squeeze hard; to pinch; as, to wring clothes in washing..
Writhen :: Writhen (a.) Having a twisted distorted from.
Writhe :: Writhe (v. t.) To extort; to wring; to wrest.
Shug :: Shug (v. i.) To writhe the body so as to produce friction against one's clothes, as do those who have the itch..
Wry :: Wry (a.) To twist; to distort; to writhe; to wrest; to vex.
Agonize :: Agonize (v. i.) To writhe with agony; to suffer violent anguish.
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