What is another word for writhe?
979 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ ɹˈa͡ɪð], [ ɹˈaɪð], [ ɹ_ˈaɪ_ð]
Writhe is a verb that means to move or twist the body in an anxious or uncomfortable manner. There are many great synonyms for writhe, including squirm, twist, contort, thrash, wriggle, fidget, and toss. Another great synonym for writhe might be flail, which suggests a wild and uncontrolled moving of the body. Some people might also use the word writhe to describe what happens when they experience intense emotional or physical pain, and in those cases, other great synonyms might include agonize, suffer, convulse, or moan and groan. Whatever the context, there are lots of great words that capture the sense of writhing in all its forms.
Synonyms for Writhe:
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• agonize- ate heart out ,
- dis tress ,
- dis tressed ,
- dis tresses ,
- dis-tress ,
- dis-tressed ,
- dis-tresses ,
- eating heart out ,
- eats heart out ,
- ex cruciate ,
- ex-cruciate ,
- sang blues ,
- sang the blues ,
- sing blues ,
- singing blues ,
- sings blues ,
- sings the blues ,
- stewed over ,
- stewing over ,
- stews over ,
- sung blues ,
- sung the blues ,
- take badly ,
- takes badly ,
- takes it badly ,
- taking badly ,
- taking it badly ,
- took badly ,
- took it badly .
- Convolved ,
- Intervolving ,
- convolves ,
- inter twine ,
- inter twined ,
- inter twines ,
- inter twining ,
- inter-twine ,
- inter-twines ,
- inter-twining ,
- intervolves ,
- made serpentine ,
- makes serpentine ,
- making serpentine ,
- wrapped around ,
- wrapping around ,
- wraps around ,
- wrapt around .
- DE Form ,
- de formed ,
- de forming ,
- de forms ,
- de-form ,
- de-formed ,
- de-forming ,
- de-forms ,
- mis shape ,
- mis shaped ,
- mis shapen ,
- mis shapes ,
- mis shaping ,
- mis-shape ,
- mis-shaped ,
- mis-shapes ,
- mis-shaping .
- dragged along ,
- dragged oneself along ,
- dragging along ,
- dragging oneself along ,
- drags along ,
- drags oneself along ,
- go all fours ,
- go belly ,
- go fours ,
- go on fours ,
- goes all fours ,
- goes belly ,
- goes fours ,
- goes on all fours ,
- goes on belly ,
- goes on fours ,
- going all fours ,
- going belly ,
- going fours ,
- going on all fours ,
- going on belly ,
- going on fours ,
- loitered along ,
- loitering along ,
- loiters along ,
- lollygagged ,
- move at snail pace ,
- move at snails pace ,
- move hands and knees ,
- move hands knees ,
- move on hands knees ,
- move snail pace ,
- move snail's pace ,
- move snails pace ,
- moved at snail pace ,
- moved at snail's pace ,
- moved at snails pace ,
- moved hands and knees ,
- moved hands knees ,
- moved on hands and knees ,
- moved on hands knees ,
- moved snail pace ,
- moved snail's pace ,
- moved snails pace ,
- moves at snail pace ,
- moves at snail's pace ,
- moves at snails pace ,
- moves hands and knees ,
- moves hands knees ,
- moves on hands and knees ,
- moves on hands knees ,
- moves snail pace ,
- moves snail's pace ,
- moves snails pace ,
- moving at snail pace ,
- moving at snail's pace ,
- moving at snails pace ,
- moving hands and knees ,
- moving hands knees ,
- moving on hands and knees ,
- moving on hands knees ,
- moving snail pace ,
- moving snail's pace ,
- moving snails pace ,
- pulled along ,
- pulled oneself along ,
- pulling along ,
- pulling oneself along ,
- pulls along ,
- pulls oneself along ,
- went all fours ,
- went belly ,
- went fours ,
- went on all fours ,
- went on belly ,
- went on fours .
- approached unnoticed ,
- approaches unnoticed ,
- approaching unnoticed ,
- crawl all fours ,
- crawl fours ,
- crawl on fours ,
- crawled all fours ,
- crawled fours ,
- crawled on all fours ,
- crawled on fours ,
- crawling all fours ,
- crawling fours ,
- crawling on all fours ,
- crawling on fours ,
- crawls all fours ,
- crawls fours ,
- crawls on all fours ,
- crawls on fours ,
- gumshoed ,
- in sinuate ,
- in sinuated ,
- in sinuates ,
- in sinuating ,
- in-sinuate ,
- in-sinuated ,
- in-sinuates ,
- in-sinuating .
- form in to ringlets ,
- formed in to ringlets ,
- formed into ringlets ,
- forming in to ringlets ,
- forming into ringlets ,
- forms in to ringlets ,
- forms into ringlets ,
- in dent ,
- in dented ,
- in denting ,
- in dents ,
- in-dent ,
- in-dented ,
- in-denting ,
- in-dents ,
- ringleting .
- be lied ,
- be lying ,
- be-lied ,
- be-lying ,
- co loring ,
- co-loring ,
- de cline ,
- de clines ,
- de-cline ,
- de-clines ,
- dis figure ,
- dis figured ,
- dis figures ,
- dis figuring ,
- dis tort ,
- dis torts ,
- dis-figure ,
- dis-figured ,
- dis-figures ,
- dis-figuring ,
- dis-tort ,
- dis-torts ,
- made out like ,
- makes out like ,
- making out like ,
- mis construe ,
- mis construed ,
- mis construes ,
- mis construing ,
- mis interpret ,
- mis interpreted ,
- mis interpreting ,
- mis interprets ,
- mis represent ,
- mis represented ,
- mis representing ,
- mis represents ,
- mis-construe ,
- mis-construed ,
- mis-construes ,
- mis-construing ,
- mis-interpret ,
- mis-interpreted ,
- mis-interpreting ,
- mis-interprets ,
- mis-represent ,
- mis-represented ,
- mis-representing ,
- mis-represents ,
- phonied up ,
- phonies up ,
- phonying up ,
- puts one on ,
- trumping up ,
- trumps up .
- am affected ,
- am at disadvantage ,
- am convulsed ,
- am disadvantage ,
- am handicapped ,
- am impaired ,
- am racked ,
- am wounded ,
- are affected ,
- are at disadvantage ,
- are convulsed ,
- are disadvantage ,
- are handicapped ,
- are impaired ,
- are racked ,
- are wounded ,
- art affected ,
- art at disadvantage ,
- art convulsed ,
- art disadvantage ,
- art handicapped ,
- art impaired ,
- art racked ,
- art wounded ,
- be disadvantage ,
- being affected ,
- being at disadvantage ,
- being convulsed ,
- being disadvantage ,
- being handicapped ,
- being impaired ,
- being racked ,
- being wounded ,
- complained of ,
- complaining of ,
- complains of ,
- feeling wretched ,
- feels wretched ,
- felt wretched ,
- had a bad time ,
- had bad time ,
- haddest a bad time ,
- haddest bad time ,
- hadst a bad time ,
- hadst bad time ,
- has a bad time ,
- has bad time ,
- hast a bad time ,
- hast bad time ,
- hath a bad time ,
- hath bad time ,
- have bad time ,
- having a bad time ,
- having bad time ,
- is affected ,
- is at disadvantage ,
- is convulsed ,
- is disadvantage ,
- is handicapped ,
- is impaired ,
- is racked ,
- is wounded ,
- un derwent ,
- un-derwent ,
- under going ,
- under gone ,
- under went ,
- under-going ,
- under-gone ,
- under-went ,
- was affected ,
- was at disadvantage ,
- was convulsed ,
- was disadvantage ,
- was handicapped ,
- was impaired ,
- was racked ,
- was wounded ,
- wast affected ,
- wast at disadvantage ,
- wast convulsed ,
- wast disadvantage ,
- wast handicapped ,
- wast impaired ,
- wast racked ,
- wast wounded ,
- were affected ,
- were at disadvantage ,
- were convulsed ,
- were disadvantage ,
- were handicapped ,
- were impaired ,
- were racked ,
- were wounded ,
- wert affected ,
- wert at disadvantage ,
- wert convulsed ,
- wert disadvantage ,
- wert handicapped ,
- wert impaired ,
- wert racked ,
- wert wounded .
- be labor ,
- be labored ,
- be laboring ,
- be labors ,
- be-labor ,
- be-labored ,
- be-laboring ,
- be-labors ,
- de feat ,
- de feats ,
- de-feat ,
- de-feats ,
- over whelm ,
- over whelmed ,
- over whelming ,
- over whelms ,
- over-whelm ,
- over-whelmed ,
- over-whelming ,
- over-whelms ,
- tan one hide ,
- tan ones hide ,
- tanned one hide ,
- tanned one's hide ,
- tanned ones hide ,
- tanning hide ,
- tanning one hide ,
- tanning one's hide ,
- tanning ones hide ,
- tans hide ,
- tans one hide ,
- tans one's hide ,
- tans ones hide ,
- toss turn ,
- tossed and turn ,
- tossed turn ,
- tosses and turn ,
- tosses turn ,
- tossing and turn ,
- tossing turn ,
- tost and turn ,
- tost turn ,
- works over ,
- wrought over .
- moved restlessly ,
- moves restlessly ,
- moving restlessly ,
- rise fall ,
- rises and fall ,
- rises fall ,
- rising and fall ,
- rising fall ,
- rose and fall ,
- rose fall .
- complecting ,
- complects ,
- criss cross ,
- criss crossed ,
- criss crosses ,
- criss crossing ,
- criss-crossed ,
- criss-crosses ,
- criss-crossing ,
- in corporate ,
- in corporates ,
- in-corporate ,
- in-corporates ,
- inter fold ,
- inter folded ,
- inter folding ,
- inter folds ,
- inter lace ,
- inter laced ,
- inter laces ,
- inter lacing ,
- inter link ,
- inter linked ,
- inter linking ,
- inter links ,
- inter mingle ,
- inter mingling ,
- inter-fold ,
- inter-folded ,
- inter-folding ,
- inter-folds ,
- inter-lace ,
- inter-laced ,
- inter-laces ,
- inter-lacing ,
- inter-link ,
- inter-linked ,
- inter-linking ,
- inter-links ,
- inter-mingle ,
- inter-mingled ,
- inter-mingles ,
- inter-mingling ,
- interfolding ,
- interfolds ,
- intro duce ,
- intro duces ,
- intro-duce ,
- intro-duces ,
- move and out ,
- move in out ,
- moved and out ,
- moved in and out ,
- moved in out ,
- moves and out ,
- moves in and out ,
- moves in out ,
- moves out ,
- moving and out ,
- moving in and out ,
- moving in out ,
- moving out ,
- pieces together ,
- twist turn ,
- twisted and turn ,
- twisted turn ,
- twisting and turn ,
- twisting turn ,
- twists and turn ,
- twists turn ,
- whipped through ,
- whipping through ,
- whips through ,
- whipt through .
- be devil ,
- be deviled ,
- be deviling ,
- be devilled ,
- be devilling ,
- be devils ,
- be leaguer ,
- be leaguered ,
- be leaguering ,
- be leaguers ,
- be sets ,
- be setting ,
- be-devil ,
- be-deviled ,
- be-deviling ,
- be-devilled ,
- be-devilling ,
- be-devils ,
- be-leaguer ,
- be-leaguered ,
- be-leaguering ,
- be-leaguers ,
- be-set ,
- be-sets ,
- be-setting ,
- bit nails ,
- bit one nails ,
- bit one's nails ,
- bit ones nails ,
- bite one nails ,
- bite ones nails ,
- bites nails ,
- bites one nails ,
- bites one's nails ,
- bites ones nails ,
- biting one nails ,
- biting ones nails ,
- concerned oneself ,
- concerning oneself ,
- concerns oneself ,
- de press ,
- de pressed ,
- de presses ,
- de pressing ,
- de-press ,
- de-pressed ,
- de-presses ,
- de-pressing ,
- dis quiet ,
- dis quieted ,
- dis quieting ,
- dis quiets ,
- dis-quiet ,
- dis-quieted ,
- dis-quieting ,
- dis-quiets ,
- feeling uneasy ,
- feels uneasy ,
- felt uneasy ,
- gnawed at ,
- gnawing at ,
- gnaws at ,
- had qualms ,
- haddest qualms ,
- hadst qualms ,
- has qualms ,
- hast qualms ,
- hath qualms ,
- having qualms ,
- sweated out ,
- sweats out ,
- un settle ,
- un settled ,
- un settles ,
- un settling ,
- un-settle ,
- un-settled ,
- un-settling ,
- up sets ,
- up setting ,
- up-set ,
- up-sets ,
- up-setting .
Other synonyms:
- squiggle .
- wiggle .
Other relevant words:
- CUED ,
- Complected ,
- Convolving ,
- Criss-cross ,
- Crocheted ,
- Experiencing ,
- Gnarling ,
- Inched ,
- Inching ,
- Interfolded ,
- Intervolve ,
- Intervolved ,
- Joggled ,
- Joggling ,
- Jounced ,
- Lapped ,
- Martyred ,
- Martyring ,
- Misconstrued ,
- Racked ,
- Scrabbled ,
- Scrabbling ,
- Scrolled ,
- Slank ,
- Snaked ,
- Snaking ,
- Snowed ,
- Snowing ,
- Spired ,
- Spiring ,
- Spraining ,
- Struggled ,
- Tiptoes ,
- Undulating ,
- WORMS ,
- Winced ,
- Wormed ,
- Worming ,
- Wreathen ,
- Wreathing ,
- agonize ,
- approach unnoticed ,
- be affected ,
- be at disadvantage ,
- be convulsed ,
- be handicapped ,
- be impaired ,
- be racked ,
- be wounded ,
- beat ,
- coil ,
- complain of ,
- complect ,
- contort ,
- convolve ,
- convulse ,
- corkscrew ,
- corkscrewed ,
- corkscrewing ,
- corkscrews ,
- crawl ,
- crawl on all fours ,
- creep ,
- crisscrossed ,
- crisscrosses ,
- crisscrossing ,
- crochet ,
- crocheting ,
- crochets ,
- cuing ,
- curl ,
- distort ,
- drag along ,
- drag oneself along ,
- eat heart out ,
- feel wretched ,
- flickering ,
- flutter ,
- gnarl ,
- gnarls ,
- go on all fours ,
- go on belly ,
- grovelling ,
- gumshoeing ,
- harrow ,
- have a bad time ,
- inter-twined ,
- interfold ,
- interlink ,
- interlinked ,
- interlinking ,
- interlinks ,
- intertwines ,
- joggle ,
- joggles ,
- jouncing ,
- knot ,
- knotted ,
- lament ,
- lied ,
- loiter along ,
- lollygag ,
- lollygagging ,
- lollygags ,
- loop ,
- make out like ,
- make serpentine ,
- matted ,
- mis-shapen ,
- misinterpret ,
- move at snail's pace ,
- move in and out ,
- move on hands and knees ,
- move out ,
- move restlessly ,
- moved out ,
- phony up ,
- piece together ,
- pieced together ,
- piecing together ,
- poke ,
- pull along ,
- pull oneself along ,
- pulsating ,
- pulsing ,
- pussyfoot ,
- put one on ,
- putting one on ,
- reticulate ,
- reticulated ,
- reticulates ,
- reticulating ,
- rick ,
- ricked ,
- ricking ,
- ricks ,
- rise and fall ,
- scammed ,
- scamming ,
- scrabble ,
- scrabbles ,
- scrolling ,
- sing the blues ,
- singing the blues ,
- slinks ,
- snuck ,
- spiraled ,
- spiraling ,
- spiralled ,
- spiralling ,
- squirm ,
- stew over ,
- suffer ,
- take it badly ,
- thrash ,
- tiptoed ,
- tiptoeing ,
- torturing ,
- toss ,
- trump up ,
- turn around ,
- turned around ,
- turning around ,
- twist ,
- twist and turn ,
- warp ,
- weave ,
- whip through ,
- whitewashed ,
- wince ,
- worm ,
- worry ,
- wrap around ,
- wreathe ,
- wreathed ,
- wreathes ,
- wrenching ,
- wriggle ,
- writhing .
- CRISPS ,
- Crisped ,
- Crisping ,
- Frizzed ,
- Frizzes ,
- Frizzing ,
- Kinked ,
- Kinking ,
- Scalloping ,
- Zigzagged ,
- Zigzagging ,
- form into ringlets ,
- frizz ,
- ringlet ,
- ringleted ,
- scallop ,
- scalloped ,
- scallops ,
- zigzags .
- Intertwist ,
- Misshape ,
- Twire ,
- ache ,
- ado ,
- affliction ,
- agitation ,
- agonise ,
- agony ,
- ail ,
- alarm ,
- alter ,
- anguish ,
- annoyance ,
- anxiety ,
- apprehension ,
- awkward ,
- be agitated ,
- be uncomfortable ,
- bend ,
- billowing ,
- blanch ,
- bleed ,
- blench ,
- bob ,
- buckle ,
- calamity ,
- cavort ,
- commotion ,
- comprehension ,
- concern ,
- contortion ,
- convolute ,
- crook ,
- crumple ,
- curve ,
- curvet ,
- dance ,
- deform ,
- discolour ,
- discomfort ,
- disfigure ,
- dismay ,
- disorder ,
- disquiet ,
- disquietude ,
- distress ,
- disturbance ,
- drape ,
- dread ,
- edgy ,
- embarrassment ,
- emotion ,
- enlace ,
- entwine ,
- experience pain ,
- extend ,
- extort ,
- falsify ,
- feel pain ,
- feverish ,
- fidget ,
- fidgety ,
- flinch ,
- flip out ,
- flop ,
- flounce ,
- flounder ,
- fold over ,
- fold up ,
- freak out ,
- freak out on ,
- fretful ,
- get high on ,
- glow ,
- grief ,
- grimace ,
- have the fidgets ,
- have the shakes ,
- heave ,
- hurt ,
- impatient ,
- infection ,
- insinuate ,
- interlace ,
- intertwine ,
- interweave ,
- inweave ,
- itchy ,
- jerk ,
- jiggle ,
- jumpy ,
- lancinate ,
- loll around ,
- make faces ,
- mutilate ,
- palpitate ,
- pant ,
- pervert ,
- plash ,
- pound ,
- prance ,
- quake ,
- qualm ,
- quaver ,
- querulous ,
- quiver ,
- recoil ,
- reel ,
- restive ,
- restless ,
- roll about ,
- roll around ,
- screw ,
- scruple ,
- shake ,
- shamble ,
- shift ,
- shiver ,
- shoot ,
- shrink ,
- shuffle ,
- slither ,
- smart ,
- snake ,
- splash ,
- sprain ,
- spring ,
- stagger ,
- struggle ,
- stumble ,
- suffer from ,
- suffer pain ,
- suffer with ,
- sway ,
- sweat ,
- swell ,
- tense ,
- thresh ,
- thrill ,
- thrill to ,
- throb ,
- tingle ,
- toss and turn ,
- totter ,
- tremble ,
- trouble ,
- tumble ,
- turbulent ,
- turmoil ,
- turn ,
- turn on to ,
- twinge ,
- twitch ,
- uneasy ,
- unfold ,
- ungratified ,
- unsated ,
- unsatiated ,
- unsatisfied ,
- vex ,
- vexation ,
- wag ,
- wakeful ,
- wallow ,
- welter ,
- whiny ,
- wind ,
- wobble ,
- woe ,
- wrench ,
- wrest ,
- wrick ,
- wring ,
- wring out .
- Birched ,
- Birches ,
- Birching ,
- Caned ,
- Trashed ,
- birch ,
- caning ,
- tan hide ,
- tan one's hide ,
- tanned hide ,
- work over ,
- worked over .
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How to use "Writhe" in context?
When we writhe, our muscles contract and move. Our core works to stabilize our spine while our limbs and extremities move in different directions. This combined movement creates our own kind of massage. It feels good, almost like a deep tissue massage without all the physical contact.
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