writhe in pain / agony

writhe in pain / agony
sich vor Schmerzen aufbäumen

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  • writhe — [ raıð ] verb intransitive to move by twisting and turning, especially when you feel a lot of pain: writhe in pain/agony: He writhed in agony on the ground …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • writhe — [raıð] v [: Old English; Origin: writhan [i] to twist ] to twist your body from side to side violently, especially because you are suffering pain writhe in pain/agony etc ▪ He lay writhing in pain …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • writhe — UK [raɪð] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms writhe : present tense I/you/we/they writhe he/she/it writhes present participle writhing past tense writhed past participle writhed to move by twisting and turning, especially when you feel a lot of… …   English dictionary

  • writhe — verb (I) 1 to twist your body from side to side violently, especially because you are suffering pain: writhe in pain/agony: He lay on the floor writhing in pain. 2 writhe with anger/hate/shame etc literary to feel very violent emotions of anger… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • pain — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Suffering Noun 1. pain, suffering, sufferance; hurt, cut; discomfort, painfulness; discomfort, malaise; nightmare; anguish, agony, misery, excruciation, torment, torture, rack; Weltschmerz; distress,… …   English dictionary for students

  • writhe — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. wriggle, squirm, twist, contort. See distortion, pain. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. contort, move painfully, squirm, distort, suffer, twist and turn, undergo agony, turn with pain, throw a fit*. Ant.… …   English dictionary for students

  • writhe — [[t]ra͟ɪð[/t]] writhes, writhing, writhed VERB If you writhe, your body twists and turns violently backwards and forwards, usually because you are in great pain or discomfort. He was writhing in agony... The subject makes her writhe with… …   English dictionary

  • Physical Pain — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Physical Pain >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 pain pain Sgm: N 1 suffering suffering suffrance Sgm: N 1 bodily pain bodily pain physical pain bodily suffering physical suffering body pain Sgm: N 1 mental suffering …   English dictionary for students

  • hurt — Synonyms and related words: Schmerz, abomination, abrade, abrasion, abuse, ache, aches and pains, aching, affect, afflict, afflicted, affront, aggravate, aggravated, aggrieve, aggrieved, agonize, agonized, agony, ail, anguish, anguished, atrocity …   Moby Thesaurus

  • Luther, Martin — • Leader of the great religious revolt of the sixteenth century in Germany; born at Eisleben, 10 November, 1483; died at Eisleben, 18 February, 1546 Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Luther, Martin      …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • Luther —     Martin Luther     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Martin Luther     Leader of the great religious revolt of the sixteenth century in Germany; born at Eisleben, 10 November, 1483; died at Eisleben, 18 February, 1546.     His father, Hans, was a… …   Catholic encyclopedia

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