Writhing

Synonyms for "writhing" (28 found)

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Closest matches (6)

Noun(6 words)

agitated anguish coil coiling contort contorting

Strong matches (8)

Noun(8 words)

contortion convulse deform distort distress gyration slither squirm

Related words (14)

Noun(10 words)

squirming thrashes thrashing torment turbulent twist twisting wiggling wriggle writhe

squirmy

Adjective(3 words)

wiggly wriggling wriggly

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

12 entries

bodily deformationbodily movementcondition deformationemotional stateform motion movementphysical movementpsychological stateshape state

More specific

19 entries

agonized writhinganguish convulsionconvulsive writhingcrowddeformative writhingdistress mobserpentine motionsinusoidal writhingspasm squirming tendrils tentacles thrashing torment

Showing 16 of 19 words.

Collocations

10 entries

writhing bodywrithing figurewrithing in painwrithing limbswrithing masswrithing motionwrithing painwrithing tentacleswrithing vineswrithings

Inflections

3 entries

writhed writhes writhings

Derivations

6 entries

writhe writhed writheness writher writhes writhingly

similar

1 entries

moving

Sample sentences

11 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I spent the weekend writhing in agony when my gallstone started to move.

Source: tatoeba (266432)

Tom is crouched on the floor, writhing in pain.

Source: tatoeba (3725594)

Tom was writhing in agony.

Source: tatoeba (3730044)

The wounded soldier is writhing in pain.

Source: tatoeba (3927998)

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