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writhing

writhing adjective: bended in twisting struggle. Also the present participle and gerund of writhe.

Adjective

writhing (not comparable)

  1. Bended in twisting struggle.

Noun

writhing (plural writhings)

  1. A twisting struggle.
    • But a video, taken from above, projects these writhings as if she were flying at top speed in a tunnel above traffic that’s whooshing past in the opposite direction.2007 July 27, Alastair Macaulay, “I May Be Writhing on the Floor, but on Screen I’m Soaring Like Superman”, in New York Times

Also used as

writhing is also the present participle and gerund of writhe.

Forms of writhing

pluralwrithings

Origin of writhing

From Middle English writhyng; equivalent to writhe + -ing.

Questions about writhing

What does writhing mean?
Writhing means bended in twisting struggle.
What part of speech is writhing?
Writhing can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near writhing in the dictionary

  1. writhen
  2. writheneck
  3. writher
  4. writhers
  5. writhes
  6. writhing
  7. writhingly
  8. writhings
  9. writhle
  10. writhled
  11. Writhlington

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