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Adjective writhing has 1 sense
- squirming, twisting, wiggling, wiggly, wriggling, wriggly, writhing - having a twisting or snake-like or worm-like motion; "squirming boys"; "wiggly worms"; "writhing snakes"
Antonyms: nonmoving, unmoving (indirect, via moving)
Verb writhe has 1 sense
- writhe, wrestle, wriggle, worm, squirm, twist - to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling); "The prisoner writhed in discomfort"; "The child tried to wriggle free from his aunt's embrace"
--1 is one way to move
Sample sentences:
The crowds writhe in the streets
The streets writhe with crowds
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