Definitions for writhes

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writhes writhe

Spelling: [rahyth]

IPA: /raɪð/

Writhes is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 209 anagrams from letters in writhes (ehirstw).

Definitions for writhes

noun

1. a writhing movement; a twisting of the body, as in pain.

verb (used with object)

1. to twist or bend out of shape or position; distort; contort.
2. to twist (oneself, the body, etc.) about, as in pain.

verb (used without object)

1. to twist the body about, or squirm, as in pain, violent effort, etc.
2. to shrink mentally, as in acute discomfort.

Origin of writhes

before 900; Middle English writhen (v.), Old English wrīthan to twist, wind; cognate with Old Norse rītha to knit, twist; akin to wreath, wry

Examples for writhes

All the while the maledict banner of the Romanoffs writhes above them.

How he writhes his back, curving it like some monstrous catamount.

He writhes, but he could not speak, if flaying alive were to be the penalty of his dumbness.

No more wishing you could feel her hot breath on your neck as she writhes in ecstasy.

How it writhes and twists at the least touch of unfavorable criticism!

I can see that he writhes in torment; and his face—what would his face be?

Mamma writhes and gurgles, staring wildly at this sudden transformation.

She writhes, she curses; her fear and fury are horrible to behold.

An other writhes or runneth a syde to poule in his shafte strayght.

Even so the Japanese wrestler, who has got a certainty, is temperance itself towards his victim, who writhes in vain.