'Writhe' definitions:
Definition of 'writhe'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Writhe'
From: GCIDE
- Writhe \Writhe\, v. i. To twist or contort the body; to be distorted; as, to writhe with agony. Also used figuratively. [1913 Webster]
- After every attempt, he felt that he had failed, and writhed with shame and vexation. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Writhe'
From: GCIDE
- Writhe \Writhe\, v. t. [imp. Writhed; p. p. Writhed, Obs. or Poetic Writhen; p. pr. & vb. n. Writhing.] [OE. writhen, AS. wr[imac]?an to twist; akin to OHG. r[imac]dan, Icel. r[imac]?a, Sw. vrida, Dan. vride. Cf. Wreathe, Wrest, Wroth.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To twist; to turn; now, usually, to twist or turn so as to distort; to wring. "With writhing [turning] of a pin." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- Then Satan first knew pain, And writhed him to and fro. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- Her mouth she writhed, her forehead taught to frown. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- His battle-writhen arms, and mighty hands. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To wrest; to distort; to pervert. [1913 Webster]
- The reason which he yieldeth showeth the least part of his meaning to be that whereunto his words are writhed. --Hooker. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To extort; to wring; to wrest. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- The nobility hesitated not to follow the example of their sovereign in writhing money from them by every species of oppression. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'writhe'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ache,
- agonize,
- ail,
- anguish,
- bend,
- blanch,
- bleed,
- blench,
- buckle,
- contort,
- crook,
- crumple,
- distort,
- feel pain,
- feel the pangs,
- fidget,
- flinch,
- flip out,
- flutter,
- freak out on,
- get high on,
- glow,
- gnarl,
- go hard with,
- go pitapat,
- grimace,
- have a misery,
- have the fidgets,
- have the shakes,
- heave,
- hurt,
- jerk,
- knot,
- palpitate,
- pant,
- pound,
- quake,
- quaver,
- quiver,
- recoil,
- screw,
- shake,
- shiver,
- shoot,
- shrink,
- smart,
- spring,
- squiggle,
- squirm,
- suffer,
- suffer anguish,
- swell,
- swell with emotion,
- thrash,
- thrill,
- thrill to,
- throb,
- tingle,
- tingle with excitement,
- toss,
- toss and turn,
- tremble,
- tumble,
- turn,
- turn awry,
- turn on to,
- twinge,
- twist,
- twist and turn,
- twitch,
- twitter,
- wag,
- waggle,
- warp,
- wiggle,
- wince,
- worm,
- wrench,
- wrest,
- wriggle,
- wring