writhing

writhing

English

Etymology

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

Adjective

writhing (comparative more writhing, superlative most writhing)

1. Bended in twisting struggle.

Translations

Bended in twisting struggle

German: gekrümmt (de)

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.