writhed > define

verb

• To move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling. )
  • usage: "The prisoner writhed in discomfort"; "The child tried to wriggle free from his aunt's embrace"
  • synonyms: writhe, wrestle, wriggle, worm, squirm, twist

adjective

• Twisted (especially as in pain or struggle. ) "his mad contorted smile"; "writhed lips"; "my writhen features- Walter scott
  • synonyms: contorted, writhen

• (p.p.) of Writhe.
• (imp.) of Writhe.