Meanings
adjectivewrithing (not comparable)
- not comparableBended in twisting struggle.
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of writhe
nounwrithing (plural writhings)
plural writhings
- 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
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Englishwrithyng
- Englishwrithing
From Middle English writhyng; equivalent to writhe + -ing.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Esperanto tordiĝanta
- tordiĝantaBended in twisting struggle
German gekrümmt
- gekrümmtBended in twisting struggle
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writhing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/writhing
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“writhing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/writhing. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “writhing,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/writhing.
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