thrawadj.
/θrɔː/, U.S. /θrɔ/, /θrɑ/, Scottish English /θrɔ/ Scottish and northern dialect.
Twisted, turned awry. Also in combinations = wry adj., as thraw-gabbit adj. wry-mouthed, peevish. thraw-necked adj. having the neck twisted.
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the world > space > shape > misshapenness > [adjective] > of or relating to distortion > distorted
wrongwende?c1225
writhenc1475
thrawnc1494
tort1513
encrampised1523
wry1552
thraw?1553
contort1570
wried1576
writhed1578
turned1585
distort1588
tortured1603
wrested1609
contorted1622
distorted1635
twisted1830
wreathed1844
gnarled1851
squinched1899
contortioned1922
pretzelled1938
the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill-naturedness > [adjective]
stour1303
thwarta1325
elvishc1386
wrawc1386
wrawfulc1386
crabbeda1400
crousea1400
cursedc1400
doggeda1425
currishc1460
disagreeable1474
dour1488
thrawn1488
terne?1507
apirsmarta1522
crustyc1570
incommodious1570
bilious1571
mischievous-stomached1577
thrawn-faced1578
thrawn-mowit1578
wearisha1586
shrewish1596
rhubarbative1600
crabbish1606
ill-tempereda1616
cur-like1627
thrawn-faceda1628
terned1638
cross1639
splenial1641
frumpish1647
wry1649
bad-tempered1671
hot-tempered1673
sidy1673
ugly1687
ornery1692
cankerya1699
ramgunshoch1721
cantankerousc1736
frumpy1746
unhappy1756
grumpy1778
crabby1791
grumpish1797
thraw-gabbit18..
snarlish1813
cranky1821
stuntya1825
ill-natured1825
nattery1825
rantankerous1832
foul-tempered1835
cacochymical1836
as cross as two sticks1842
grumphy1846
knappy1855
carnaptious1858
cussed1858
three-cornered1863
snotty1870
sniffy1871
snorty1893
grouchy1895
scratchy1925
tight1950
stroppy1951
snitty1978
arsey1989
the world > health and disease > ill health > deformity > deformities of specific parts > [adjective] > wry-neck
wryneck1586
wry-necked1608
thraw-necked1898
?1553 (c1501) G. Douglas Palice of Honour (London) i. l. 437 in Shorter Poems (1967) 34 Thair megyr bellys Sum round, sum thraw.
18.. J. Baillie Hooly & Fairly i My wife..ca's me a niggardly thraw-gabbit carlie.
1884 C. E. L. Riddell Berna Boyle xi There was nothing in his offer the best gentleman in the land need have drawn a thraw mouth over.
1894 Lang Poems 41 (E.D.D.) Our present Duke's nae thraw man.
1898 E. W. Hamilton Mawkin of Flow xx. 275 A pair of poor thraw-neckit corpses.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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