Word "WRITHE" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)
Synonyms:
squirm, twist, worm, wrestle, wriggle
Examples:
The prisoner writhed in discomfort

Crossword Clues for WRITHE

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Legal document gets the man to squirm (6) Puzzler Cryptic 03 Sep 2025
Her wit could make one squirm (6)
Point to their error, making squirm (6)
Legal document here half concealed makes one squirm (6)
Twist so as to wither, possibly (6)
His Excellency, under a court order, could squirm (6)
Contort in pain LA Times Daily 13 Jun 2025
Thrash about in agony The Sun Mini 10 May 2025
"Are in agony for about an hour," you tell the readers (6)
Twist Mirror Tea Time 26 Apr 2025
Twist when getting hot in pen (6)
Point to their mistake, making squirm (6)
First of hogs in pen squirm (6)
Squirm, twist The Times Concise 12 Mar 2025
Squirm over their following of women, primarily (6)
He signed at the end of a legal document with a twist (6)
Wither contortedly! (6)
Wither awfully making one squirm (6)
Turn whiter and have convulsions (6)
Twist Mirror Tea Time 16 Jan 2025
Squirm, seeing second of sheep put in pen (6) Puzzler Cryptic 10 Jan 2025
Flounder to shrivel up, moving tail forwards The Times Cryptic 31 Dec 2024
Twist in pain when I threw badly (6)
White horse loses shoe and will squirm in pain (6)
Squirm, wriggle (6)
A summons will get the man to squirm (6)
I threw out twist (6)
Legal document with sources of harrowing evidence makes one squirm (6)
Her wit! How she can twist things!
Contort with their contortions (6)
Feel a pain it's hard to tell the readers about? (6)
Seem pained when the head waiter takes their order
Her wit could make you squirm
The judgement the man got made him squirm (6)
Over their going out West, seem very pained (6)
Record words on paper about hospital and flounder? (6)
Squirm as if in pain (6)
A summons will get the man to move in anguish (6)
Shrivel, bringing tail well forward to coil (6)
Squirm with embarrassment initially about Republican The Times Cryptic 27 Aug 2024
Legal document gets the man to squirm (6) Puzzler Cryptic 11 Aug 2024
Squirm and turn whiter
Squirm because he got the summons? (6)
Squirm LA Times Daily 22 Jun 2024
Explosive document first made one squirm
Thrash second of sheep put in pen (6)
Twist decree by ambassador
Thrash about in pain
Squirm like a man under summons?
Squirm like a man after a summons?
Thrash husband in office - chasing women! (6)
Her wit is enough to make one squirm! (6)
Do some twisting ___ the man will get a summons (6)
Display discomfort Newsday 06 Apr 2024
Twist body about
Squirm like a man under a summons?
Man follows law, I suffer pain (6)
Write about Haiti's capital and squirm (6)
Flounder with article about religious instruction (6)
Move in agony and wither dreadfully (6)
Legal document he is given will make him squirm! (6)
Squirm The Telegraph Quick 04 Jan 2024
To make contortions of the body (6)
Squirm as ambassador pursues court order (6)
Decline to promote the denouement of Oliver Twist (6)
Decline to promote the denouement of Oliver Twist The Telegraph Toughie 29 Dec 2023
With some hesitation evident, I twist violently (6)
Move contortedly Mirror Tea Time 07 Dec 2023
Squirm and shrivel when right out of place The Times Cryptic 06 Dec 2023
Twist in pain LA Times Daily 10 Sep 2023
Squirm in pain Eugene Sheffer 21 Jul 2023
Squirm The Telegraph Quick 04 Jul 2023
Do some squirming Newsday 22 Nov 2022
Lisper's to get up and thrash about
Squirm The Telegraph Quick 02 Dec 2021
Wriggle, squirm The Guardian Speedy 21 Nov 2021
Twist in pain The Washington Post 12 Oct 2021
Twist in pain LA Times Daily 12 Oct 2021
Do some squirming Newsday 12 Aug 2021
Squirm in pain Eugene Sheffer 16 Jun 2021
Squirm about Newsday 06 Jun 2021
Squirm beside sweetheart embracing Romeo The Telegraph Cryptic 13 May 2021
Document stripped afterwards? Feel embarrassed
Twist, squirm Irish Times Simplex 09 Dec 2020
. Legal document getting that chap to squirm
Court order gets ambassador to squirm The Telegraph Cryptic 05 Oct 2020
Squirm where governor served with court order
Squirm The Telegraph Quick 19 Sep 2020
Feel acute embarrassment having legal document served on ambassador The Telegraph Cryptic 07 Sep 2020
Twist in pain LA Times Daily 18 Jul 2020
Twist in pain The Washington Post 18 Jul 2020
Squirm in pain The Times Concise 03 Jun 2020
Horse getting into pen to roll around on ground
Thrash horse in pen
Squirm as court order served on that man The Sun Two Speed 30 Dec 2019
Contort The Sun Two Speed 30 Dec 2019
Squirm Wall Street Journal 16 Nov 2019
Squirm Universal 09 Oct 2019
Thrash youth's backside in pen
Produce book, penning ultimate in ghoulish twist
Twist and Shout's number two, breaking record The Telegraph Toughie 30 May 2019
Twist and turn to set down outside hotel
Squirm
Thrash wife? Hard in practice
Summons male to move sinuously
Squirm in pain Wall Street Journal 19 Sep 2018
Legal document with explosive twist
Twist in agony Thomas Joseph 03 Jul 2018
Legal document with explosive twist
Emulate a snake Universal 08 Apr 2018
Legal document gets the man to squirm The Sun Two Speed 06 Mar 2018
Squirm Canadiana 15 Jan 2018
Emulate a snake
Squirm in pain
Squirm The Times Concise 20 Aug 2017
What worms do with their cast
Twist in agony Universal 25 Jan 2017
Summons he delivered, making us squirm
Squirm (in pain) The Times Concise 15 Dec 2016
After court order, the man appears to squirm in pain The Telegraph Cryptic 15 Oct 2016
Squirm and wither, wanting right to advance The Telegraph Cryptic 12 Sep 2016
Worm  hole  in  pen?
Worm I threw away The Guardian Cryptic 03 Aug 2016
Manifest great pain Wall Street Journal 01 Jul 2016
Toss and turn with draft going around hotel Irish Times Crosaire 24 May 2016
Squirm and wither away
Twist and turn, as he follows the code
Squirm in pain Universal 06 Jan 2016
Take great pains?
Squirm in pain
Twist record hard to penetrate The Sun Two Speed 20 Nov 2015
Feel shame, seeing horse in pen
Do some squirming Family Time 20 Jul 2015
Agonise over legal document on conclusions of crash course
Toss and turn with draft around hotel Irish Times Crosaire 13 Apr 2015
Decline, as partner finally rises to do the twist?
Show pain when held initially in pen
Squirm in the company of redhead in England
Twist as white played with rook
Squirm in pain
Squirm
Legal document served on the man makes us squirm
Show acute embarrassment as husband's embraced by author
Display discomfort, in a way
Twist in agony
Twist in agony
Move snakily
It's painful moving?  Get in touch about hospital
Squirm about
Do some squirming
Twist in pain
Twist in pain
Move painfully
Bend out of shape
Twist in pain
Twist in pain
Squirm in pain
Twist up
Move like a snake
Coil and uncoil
Squirm
Distort
Hard to get inside pen: twist
Squirm
Squirm
Bend out of shape
Move like a mamba
Twist or squirm
Contort or distort
Contort
Twist and turn.
Twist.
Contort.
Squirm.
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