twitching

verbhave a spasm

Synonyms for twitching

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Antonyms for twitching

writhing

adjective. twisting

Word Origin & History

late 12c., to-twic-chen "pull apart with a quick jerk," related to Old English twiccian "to pluck," from Proto-Germanic *twikjonan (cf. Low German twicken, Dutch twikken, Old High German gizwickan, German zwicken "to pinch, tweak"). Related: Twitched; twitching. The noun is attested from 1520s.

Example Sentences fortwitching

Put up your sword, for the trigger falls easy, and my finger is a twitching.'

Her nerves were throbbing hard and her hand on his arm was twitching.

His throat was parched, his eyelids were twitching, and his temples were beating like drums.

After a little while there was a perceptible quivering of the eyelids and twitching of the mouth.

Her eyes were glistening with unshed tears, and sometimes her mouth was twitching.

The young King was pale, and the expression of his twitching face was one of pain.

Csar was quivering, his mouth was twitching, and his eyes were wild.

The face of Signor Carella was twitching too much for Philip to study it.

The twitching of her mouth would hardly let her form a word.

She saw that his lips were twitching, that his face seemed bloodless.

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