WRITHE

[verb] [I] - to make large twisting movements with the bodyHe could not tolerate the pain and writhed and screamed in agony.She was writhing around in pain on the ground.(figurative) He and four other senators were writhing in the glare of (= experiencing the unpleasant effects of) unfavorable publicity.They showed the children a tub filled with writhing worms.The dance floor was a mass of writhing bodies.