Usually means: Twisted, contorted in pain or discomfort.
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  1. writhed: Merriam-Webster
  2. writhed: Collins English Dictionary
  3. writhed: Vocabulary.com
  4. writhed: Wordnik
  5. writhed: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. writhed: Wiktionary
  7. writhed: Dictionary.com
  8. writhed: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Writhed: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. writhed: Rhymezone
  11. Writhed: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. writhed: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  13. writhed: FreeDictionary.org
  14. writhed: TheFreeDictionary.com
  15. writhed: Mnemonic Dictionary

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(Note: See writhe as well.)

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adjective:  twisted (especially as in pain or struggle) ("Writhed lips")


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