writhe

To make twisting bodily movements, as in pain or struggle.

To move with a twisting or contorted motion.

To suffer emotional or physical distress, as from embarrassment or anguish.

To cause to twist or squirm; contort.

The act or an instance of writhing.

A contortion of form or features, as from pain or other emotion; an act of writhing.

The band of a fagot.

To turn and twist about; twist out of shape or position; wrench; contort.

To wrest perversely; wrest; pervert.

To wrench; wring; extort.