Writhe

v. t.	1.	[imp. Writhed ; p. p. Writhed, Obs. or Poetic Writhen ( ); p. pr. & vb. n. Writhing.]
	1.	To twist; to turn; now, usually, to twist or turn so as to distort; to wring. Then Satan first knew pain, And writhed him to and fro. - Milton. Her mouth she writhed, her forehead taught to frown. - Dryden. His battle-writhen arms, and mighty hands. - Tennyson.
	2.	To wrest; to distort; to pervert. The reason which he yieldeth showeth the least part of his meaning to be that whereunto his words are writhed. - Hooker.
	3.	To extort; to wring; to wrest. The nobility hesitated not to follow the example of their sovereign in writhing money from them by every species of oppression. - Sir W. Scott.
v. i.	1.	To twist or contort the body; to be distorted; as, to writhe with agony. Also used figuratively. After every attempt, he felt that he had failed, and writhed with shame and vexation. - Macaulay.

Verb

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writhe - 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" Synonyms: squirm, twist, worm, wriggle, wrestle

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 pitapat, grimace, have a misery, have the fidgets, have the shakes, heave, hurt, jerk, knot, palpitate, pant, pound, quake, quaver, quiver, recoil, screw, shake, shiver, shoot, shrink, smart, spring, squiggle, squirm, suffer, suffer anguish, swell, swell with emotion, thrash, thrill, thrill to, throb, tingle, tingle with excitement, toss, toss and turn, tremble, tumble, turn, turn awry, turn on to, twinge, twist and turn, twitch, twitter, wag, waggle, warp, wiggle, wince, worm, wrench, wrest, wriggle, wring

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