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writhen

[ rith-uhn ]

adjective

, Archaic.
  1. twisted.


writhen

/ ˈrɪðən /

verb

  1. See writhe
    a past participle of writhe


adjective

  1. twisted; distorted

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Word History and Origins

Origin of writhen1

before 900; Middle English, Old English; writhe, -en 2

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Example Sentences

He gazed down on her woe-writhen face, with its closed eyes that would not meet his own.

Methought his detestable features at length enlarged, moved, and were writhen in mockery and scorn.

She turned up to him her pitiful, writhen face, white as parchment.

Laying hold of a gnarled root that reached down like a writhen arm, he drew himself noiselessly up the slope.

With writhen trunks and stiff contorted limbs they take the storm and flying scud as poppies take the sun.

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