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throes

UK/θɹəʊz/US/θɹoʊz/

A form of throe — A severe pang or spasm of pain, especially one experienced when the uterus contracts during childbirth, or when a person is about to die.

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Meanings

noun

pluralplural of throe

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with throes

close goes os rose follows clothes knows Jose dos nose chose hose propose disclose pose impose fellows oppose expose prose bose compose dispose enclose

Sounds the same

Anagrams

others hoster Stoehr Rothes tosher shoter sother rehost

Cite this entry

APA

throes. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/throes

MLA

“throes.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/throes. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “throes,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/throes.

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