writhed
Meaning of writhed
verb, past tense
- 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.
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Hyphenation of writhed
writhed
- It consists of 1 syllables and 7 chars.
- writhed is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
writhed synonyms
Meaning contorted:
Meaning wriggle or twist the body from side to side, especially as a result of nervousness or discomfort:
Meaning twist and turn with quick writhing movements:
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 wriggling or writhing fashion:
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:
Words that rhyme with writhed
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