| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  r th |
| VERB: | Inflected forms: writhed, writh·ing, writhes
| | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | 1. To twist, as in pain, struggle, or embarrassment. 2. To move with a twisting or contorted motion. 3. To suffer acutely. | | TRANSITIVE VERB: | To cause to twist or squirm; contort. | | NOUN: | The act or an instance of writhing; a contortion. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English writhen, from Old English wrthan. See wer-2 in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | writh er —NOUN
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