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Writhen

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crookedNot straight; having one or more bends or angles.
contortedTwisted; screwed up.
writhedtwisted (especially as in pain or struggle)

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contortedTwisted; screwed up.
crookedNot straight; having one or more bends or angles.
writhedtwisted (especially as in pain or struggle)
wrythennounObsolete form of writhen. [(archaic) Twisted, contorted.]
wreathen(obsolete) Twisted; made into a wreath.
wrizled(obsolete) Alternative spelling of writhled. [(obsolete) wrinkled]
tortnoun(law) A wrongful act, whether intentional or negligent, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury and can be remedied in civil court, usually through the awarding of damages.
wroughtenverb(archaic) Synonym of wrought.
bended(archaic or fossilized) bent
wretchful(previously archaic or obsolete, now apparently used and back in fashion) Wretched.
wrathnoun(uncountable, formal) Great anger; (countable) an instance of this.
enwroughtnoun(archaic) Made; wrought.
ywroken(archaic) Avenged.
wan-thrivenAlternative form of wanthriven. [(dialectal, chiefly Scotland) Stunted; ill-grown; decayed; in a state of decline.]
awrathnounwrath
weïrdObsolete spelling of weird. [Having an unusually strange character or behaviour.]
yieldy(archaic or dialect) yielding
bitchedverb(vulgar) Causing difficulty; nasty; unpleasant; problematic; (intensifier) damned, bloody
wickenounA surname from German.
witchingnounOf or pertaining to witchcraft or sorcery, or to witches or sorcerers.

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