Writhe

Noun

 * 1)  The number of negative crossings subtracted from the number of positive crossings in a knot

Verb

 * 1) To twist; to turn; now, usually, to twist or turn so as to distort; to wring.
 * 2) To wrest; to distort; to pervert.
 * 3) To extort; to wring; to wrest.
 * 4) To twist or contort the body; to be distorted; as, to writhe with agony (also figuratively).

Adverbs for Writhe
spiritually; convulsively; sickeningly; agonizingly; pitiably.

Thesaurus
ache, agonize, ail, anguish, bend, blanch, bleed, blench, buckle, contort, crook, crumple, distort, feel pain, feel the pangs, fidget, flinch, flip out, flutter, freak out on, get high on, glow, gnarl, go hard with, go pitapat, grimace, have a misery, have the fidgets, have the shakes, heave, hurt, jerk, knot, palpitate, pant, pound, quake, quaver, quiver, recoil, screw, shake, shiver, shoot, shrink, smart, spring, squiggle, squirm, suffer, suffer anguish, swell, swell with emotion, thrash, thrill, thrill to, throb, tingle, tingle with excitement, toss, toss and turn, tremble, tumble, turn, turn awry, turn on to, twinge, twist, twist and turn, twitch, twitter, wag, waggle, warp, wiggle, wince, worm, wrench, wrest, wriggle, wring

Etymology
writhen:, from wriþan:, from  'to twist, turn' (cf. Old High German rīdan: 'to turn', Old Norse ríða: 'to wind'), from  (compare Lithuanian riēsti: 'to unbend, wind, roll').

Verb

 * Dutch:, , vervormen
 * Finnish: vääntelehtiä tuskissaan (to writhe in pain)


 * Russian: корчиться

Anagrams

 * whiter
 * wither