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   writhe

   /rīT͟H/

   verb

   • 1. make continual twisting, squirming movements or contortions of the body: "he writhed in agony on the ground"
   • ▪ respond with great emotional or physical discomfort to (a violent or unpleasant feeling or thought): "she bit her lip, writhing in suppressed fury"

   Word Origin Old Englishwrīthan ‘make into coils, plait, fasten with a cord’, of Germanic origin; related to wreathe.

   Scrabble Points: 12

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