thrawed
/θrɔd/
verb
- Past tense of 'thraw' (chiefly Scottish and Northern English): to twist, turn, or wrench violently; to distort or pervert.
- The old tree had been thrawed by the storm into a twisted shape.
- He thrawed the stubborn bolt until it finally broke free.
- She thrawed the truth to fit her own story.
adjective
- Twisted, distorted, or bent out of shape; also, figuratively, stubborn or perverse.
- The fence posts were all thrawed from years of wind and weather.
- His thrawed logic made it impossible to reason with him.
- The thrawed branch hung at an odd angle after the ice storm.
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