writhe[verb]Synonyms: squirm, jerk, struggle, thrash, thresh, toss, twist, wiggle, wriggle
Related Words: blench,
flinch,
recoil,
shrink,
wince,
contort,
distort,
bend,
twist,
thrash,
tumble [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
writhe /raɪð/
verb [intransitive][
Language: Old English;
Origin: writhan 'to twist']
to twist your body from side to side violently, especially because you are suffering pain
writhe in pain/agony etc
He lay writhing in pain. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲