writhing
Meaning of writhing
- making twisting, squirming movements or contortions of the body.
a writhing heap of maggots
- make twisting, squirming movements or contortions of the body.
he writhed in agony on the ground
a snake writhing its body
Old English wrīthan ‘make into coils, plait, fasten with a cord’, of Germanic origin; related to wreathe.
Information about writhing
- The plural form of writhing is: writhings.
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Hyphenation of writhing
writhing
- It consists of 1 syllables and 8 chars.
- writhing is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
writhing synonyms
Meaning squirming:
squirming, twisting, wiggling, wiggly, wriggling, wriggly
Meaning wriggle or twist the body from side to side, especially as a result of nervousness or discomfort:
Meaning twist and turn with quick writhing movements:
Meaning move in a violent and convulsive way:
Meaning struggle or stagger clumsily in mud or water:
Meaning flounder; struggle uselessly:
Meaning move or cause to move from side to side or back and forth:
Meaning give or cause to give a short, sudden jerking or convulsive movement:
Meaning move in a wriggling or writhing fashion:
Meaning move in a particular direction by turning over and over on an axis:
Meaning move about quickly from side to side or up and down:
Meaning move or cause to move up and down or from side to side with small rapid movements:
Meaning move or cause to move with a jerk:
Meaning push or shake (someone or something) abruptly and roughly:
Words that rhyme with writhing
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