writhe
Meaning of writhe
verb
- make twisting, squirming movements or contortions of the body.
he writhed in agony on the ground
a snake writhing its body
Old English wrīthan ‘make into coils, plait, fasten with a cord’, of Germanic origin; related to wreathe.
Information about writhe
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of writhe is: writhes.
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Hyphenation of writhe
writhe
- It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
- writhe is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
writhe synonyms
Meaning wrestle:
wrestle, wriggle, worm, squirm, twist
Meaning move in a violent and convulsive way:
Meaning struggle or stagger clumsily in mud or water:
Meaning flounder; struggle uselessly:
Meaning move or cause to move from side to side or back and forth:
Meaning give or cause to give a short, sudden jerking or convulsive movement:
Meaning move in a particular direction by turning over and over on an axis:
Meaning move about quickly from side to side or up and down:
Meaning move or cause to move up and down or from side to side with small rapid movements:
Meaning move or cause to move with a jerk:
Meaning push or shake (someone or something) abruptly and roughly:
Anagrams of writhe
whiter, Wither, wither, wrihte
Words that rhyme with writhe
laithe, saithe, staithe, wraithe, Edithe, Meredithe, chithe, hithe, kithe, Blithe, Lilithe, blithe, clithe, hyalithe, lithe, overblithe, unblithe, snithe, rithe, scrithe, Osithe, sithe, stithe, tithe, Hickorywithe, aswithe, greenwithe, redwithe, swithe, withe
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