writhing

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15
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16
Letters
8

Definition of writhing

3 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Bended in twisting struggle.
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adj

  1. (not-comparable)Bended in twisting struggle.

verb

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of writhe

noun

  1. A twisting struggle.
    “But a video, taken from above, projects these writhings as if she were flying at top speed in a tunnel above traffic that’s whooshing past in the opposite direction.”

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Etymology

From Middle English writhyng; equivalent to writhe + -ing.

Anagrams of writhing

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