writhe with pain

  • 1writhe — verb (I) 1 to twist your body from side to side violently, especially because you are suffering pain: writhe in pain/agony: He lay on the floor writhing in pain. 2 writhe with anger/hate/shame etc literary to feel very violent emotions of anger… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 2writhe — [[t]ra͟ɪð[/t]] writhes, writhing, writhed VERB 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 subject makes her writhe with… …

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  • 3writhe — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. wriggle, squirm, twist, contort. See distortion, pain. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. contort, move painfully, squirm, distort, suffer, twist and turn, undergo agony, turn with pain, throw a fit*. Ant.… …

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  • 4Writhe — Writhe, v. t. [imp. {Writhed}; p. p. {Writhed}, Obs. or Poetic {Writhen}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Writhing}.] [OE. writhen, AS. wr[=i]?an to twist; akin to OHG. r[=i]dan, Icel. r[=i]?a, Sw. vrida, Dan. vride. Cf. {Wreathe}, {Wrest}, {Wroth}.] [1913… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 5writhe — verb (writhed; writhing) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English wrīthan; akin to Old Norse rītha to twist Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. a. to twist into coils or folds b. to twist so as to distort ; wrench c …

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  • 6writhe — Synonyms and related words: 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 …

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  • 7writhe — v. & n. v. 1 intr. twist or roll oneself about in or as if in acute pain. 2 intr. suffer severe mental discomfort or embarrassment (writhed with shame; writhed at the thought of it). 3 tr. twist (one s body etc.) about. n. an act of writhing.… …

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  • 8agonize — I. v. a. Torment, torture, rack, wring, distress, pain severely, put in great pain. II. v. n. Be tormented, be tortured, suffer great pain, struggle (inwardly or outwardly) with pain or sorrow, writhe with pain …

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  • 9Thiruvanaikaval — Infobox Mandir creator = Kochenga Chola proper name = Thiruvanaikaval date built = 10th century AD primary deity = Jambukeshwara (Shiva) and His Consort: Akilandeswari (Parvati) architecture = Dravidian architecture location = Trichi, Tamil… …

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  • 10корёжиться — КОРЁЖИТЬСЯ, несов. (сов. скорёжиться). Изменять (изменить) резкими движениями в разные стороны естественное положение различных частей тела, обычно в результате какого л. болезненного состояния [impf. to bend, warp; to writhe (with pain)]. Он… …

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