writhing

English

Etymology

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

Adjective

writhing (not comparable)

  1. Bended in twisting struggle.

Translations

Verb

writhing

  1. present participle of writhe

Noun

writhing (plural writhings)

  1. A twisting struggle.
    • 2007 July 27, Alastair Macaulay, “I May Be Writhing on the Floor, but on Screen I’m Soaring Like Superman”, in New York Times‎:
      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.
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