Writhe

//ɹaɪð//

Synonyms for "writhe" (92 found)

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derived

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has context

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manner of

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related to

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Translations

60 translations across 24 languages.

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Bulgarian

2 entries
  • гърча се verb (to twist or contort the body)
  • превивам се verb (to twist or contort the body)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 使缠绕 verb (to twist or contort the body)
  • 扭曲 verb (to twist or contort the body)

Danish

1 entries
  • vride sig verb (to twist or contort the body)

Dutch

3 entries
  • draaien verb (to twist or contort the body)
  • kronkelen verb (to twist or contort the body)
  • vervormen verb (to twist or contort the body)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • tordiĝi verb (to twist or contort the body)

Finnish

3 entries
  • vääntelehtiä verb (to twist or contort the body)
  • vääntää verb (to twist or wring something)
  • vääntää verb (to contort a part of the body)

French

3 entries
  • se débattre verb (to twist or contort the body)
  • se démener verb (to twist or contort the body)
  • se tortiller verb (to twist or contort the body)

German

4 entries
  • krümmen verb (to twist or contort the body)
  • verdrehen verb (to twist or wring something)
  • verrenken verb (to contort a part of the body)
  • winden verb (to twist or contort the body)

Greek

1 entries
  • σφαδάζω verb (to twist or contort the body)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • ficánkol verb (to twist or contort the body)
  • kapálózik verb (to twist or contort the body)
  • ráng verb (to twist or contort the body)
  • rángatózik verb (to twist or contort the body)

Ingrian

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  • vingertää verb (to twist or contort the body)

Irish

1 entries
  • bí ag lúbarnaíl verb (to twist or contort the body)

Italian

1 entries
  • contorcersi verb (to twist or contort the body)

Māori

4 entries
  • hīkaikai verb (to twist or contort the body)
  • kapekapetā verb (to twist or contort the body)
  • karapetapetau verb (to twist or contort the body)
  • karawheta verb (to twist or contort the body)

Occitan

3 entries
  • torcir verb (to twist or contort the body)
  • tortilhar verb (to twist or contort the body)
  • tòrcer verb (to twist or contort the body)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • بالقلامق verb (to twist or contort the body)

Polish

1 entries
  • wić się verb (to twist or contort the body)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • contorcer-se verb (to twist or contort the body)
  • retorcer-se verb (to twist or contort the body)

Russian

1 entries
  • ко́рчиться verb (to twist or contort the body)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • previjati se verb (to twist or contort the body)
  • svijati se verb (to twist or contort the body)

Spanish

1 entries
  • contorsionar verb (to twist or contort the body)

Telugu

1 entries
  • గింజుకొను verb (to twist or contort the body)

Turkish

1 entries
  • kıvranmak verb (to twist or contort the body)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • ко́рчитися verb (to twist or contort the body)

Sample sentences

9 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

She would catch chafers and beetles and stick them on a pin, after which she would push a leaf or a bit of paper close enough for them to seize with their feet; for the pleasure of seeing them writhe and wriggle in their efforts to free themselves from the pins.

Source: tatoeba (7740875)

Alexandra was left to writhe on the floor.

Source: tatoeba (8683065)

Jessica made her girlfriend writhe and moan.

Source: tatoeba (8683068)

Jessica tends to writhe when she orgasms.

Source: tatoeba (8683074)

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