Dictionary Entry
writhe
writhe is a 6-letter English word with 5 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To twist; to turn; now, usually, to twist or turn so as to distort; to wring. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 11 · 5 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To twist; to turn; now, usually, to twist or turn so as to distort; to wring.
- 2transitive verb
To wrest; to distort; to pervert.
- 3transitive verb
To extort; to wring; to wrest.
- 4intransitive verb
To twist or contort the body; to be distorted; as, to writhe with agony. Also used figuratively.
- 5verb
to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)
"The prisoner writhed in discomfort"
"The child tried to wriggle free from his aunt's embrace"
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