English-Thai Dictionary

writhe

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writhen

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

WRITHE

v.t. 1. To twist; to distort.
Her mouth she writhd.
2. To twist with violence; as, to writhe the body.
3. To wrest; to distort; to torture; as, to writhe words.

 

WRITHE

v.i.To twist; to be distorted; as, to writhe with agony.

 

WRITHED

pp. Twisted; distorted.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

WRITHE

Writhe, v. t. [imp. Writhed; p. p. Writhed, Obs. or Poetic Writhen (;p. pr. & vb. n. Writhing. ] Etym: [OE. writhen, AS. wri to twist; akin to OHG. ridan, Icel. ri, Sw. vrida, Dan. vride. Cf. Wreathe, Wrest, Wroth. ]

 

1. To twist; to turn; now, usually, to twist or turn so as to distort; to wring. "With writhing [turning ] of a pin. " Chaucer. 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. [R.] The nobility hesitated not to follow the example of their sovereign in writhing money from them by every species of oppression. Sir W. Scott.

 

WRITHE

WRITHE Writhe, v. i.

 

Defn: 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.

 

WRITHEN

WRITHEN Writh "en, a.

 

Defn: Having a twisted distorted from. A writhen staff his step unstable guides. Fairfax.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

writhe

writhe |rīT͟H raɪð | ▶verb [ no obj. ] make continual twisting, squirming movements or contortions of the body: he writhed in agony on the ground | [ with obj. ] : a snake writhing its body. • (writhe in /with /at ) respond with great emotional or physical discomfort to (a violent or unpleasant feeling or thought ): she bit her lip, writhing in suppressed fury. ORIGIN Old English wrīthan ‘make into coils, plait, fasten with a cord, ’ of Germanic origin; related to wreathe .

 

writhen

writh en |ˈriT͟Hən ˈrɪðən | ▶adjective 1 literary twisted or contorted out of normal shape or form. 2 (of antique glass or silver ) having spirally twisted ornamentation. ORIGIN Old English in the sense ‘plaited, entwined, ’ archaic past participle of writhe .

 

Oxford Dictionary

writhe

writhe |rʌɪð | ▶verb [ no obj. ] make twisting, squirming movements or contortions of the body: he writhed in agony on the ground | (as adj. writhing ) : a writhing heap of maggots | [ with obj. ] : a snake writhing its body. • (writhe in /with /at ) respond with great emotional or physical discomfort to (an intense or unpleasant feeling or thought ): she bit her lip, writhing in suppressed fury. ORIGIN Old English wrīthan ‘make into coils, plait, fasten with a cord ’, of Germanic origin; related to wreathe .

 

writhen

writhen |ˈrɪð (ə )n |(also wrythen ) ▶adjective 1 literary twisted or contorted out of normal shape or form. 2 (of antique glass or silver ) having spirally twisted ornamentation. ORIGIN Old English in the sense ‘plaited, entwined ’, archaic past participle of writhe .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

writhe

writhe verb she writhed about in pain: squirm, wriggle, thrash, flail, toss, toss and turn, twist, twist and turn, struggle.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

writhe

writhe verb she writhed about on the floor in agony: squirm, wriggle, thrash, flounder, flail, toss, toss and turn, twitch, twist, twist and turn, roll, jiggle, wiggle, jerk, jolt.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

writhe

writhe /raɪð /動詞 自動詞 «…で » 身もだえする, のたうつ ; 苦悩する (around ) «under , at , with , in » ▸ writhe in pain 苦痛で身もだえする .他動詞 〈体など 〉を (苦痛などで )ねじる, よじる .