writheverb [ I ]
uk/raɪð/us/raɪð/to make large twisting movements with the body:
The pain was so unbearable that he was writhing in agony.
She was writhing around/about on the ground.
informal to experience a very difficult or unpleasant situation or emotion, such as extreme embarrassment:
He and four other senators were writhing in the glare of unfavourable publicity.
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Bending, twisting and curving
- bent
- bowed
- buckle
- contort
- convoluted
- crook
- flexure
- fluted
- intertwine
- interweave
- knot
- matted
- meander
- meandering
- twiddly
- twine
- twisted
- twisty
- warp
- wring
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