writhe

Definition von writhe im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: To twist or contort the body; to be distorted; as, to writhe with agony (also figuratively); To wrest; to distort; to pervert; To twist; to turn; now, usually, to twist or turn so as to distort; to wring; To extort; to wring; to wrest; The number of negative crossings subtracted from the number of positive crossings in a knot; to twist the body, face, or limbs or as in pain or distress; {v} to twist, distort, wrest, be in agony or torture; {i} writhing movement, twisting of the body; contorting in pain; wriggling, squirming, contorting; To twist or contort the body; to be distorted; as, to writhe with agony; to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling); "The prisoner writhed in discomfort"; "The child tried to wriggle free from his aunt's embrace"; Also used figuratively; {f} twist; be tormented (by pain); bend; If you writhe, your body twists and turns violently backwards and forwards, usually because you are in great pain or discomfort. He was writhing in agony The shark was writhing around wildly, trying to get free. to twist your body from side to side violently, especially because you are suffering pain writhe in pain/agony etc
writhed: past of writhe
writhed: twisted (especially as in pain or struggle); "his mad contorted smile"; "writhed lips"; "my writhen features"- Walter scott
writhes: plural of writhe
writhes: third-person singular of writhe
writhing: present participle of writhe
writhing: having a twisting or snake-like or worm-like motion; "squirming boys"; "wiggly worms"; "writhing snakes"

writhe

Türkische aussprache

rîth

Synonyme

agonize, bend, distort, jerk, recoil, squirm, struggle, suffer, thrash, thresh, twist, wiggle, wince, worm, wriggle

Antonyme

be still

Aussprache

/ˈrəᴛʜ/ /ˈrɪθ/

Etymologie

() Middle English writhen, from Old English wrīþan, from Proto-Germanic *wrīþanan 'to twist, turn' (cf. Old High German rīdan 'to turn', Old Norse ríða 'to wind'), from Proto-Indo-European (compare Lithuanian riēsti 'to unbend, wind, roll').