thrawn

[ thrawn, thrahn ]

/ θrɔn, θrɑn /

adjective Scot.

twisted; crooked; distorted.

contrary; peevish; perverse.

unpleasant; sullen.

Origin of thrawn

1400–50; late Middle English (north and Scots), variant of thrown; see thraw

OTHER WORDS FROM thrawn

thrawnly, adverbthrawnness, noun

Words nearby thrawn

thrasonical, Thrasybulus, thrave, thraw, thrawart, thrawn, thread, threadbare, thread blight, threaded, threaded glass

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Example sentences from the Web for thrawn

We believe that something else makes the deep-sea fish come up into the Thrawn Island lagoon, don't we?
Creatures of the Abyss|Murray Leinster
The bedsteads hanging midway between floors look twisted and thrawn—nothing stands up straight.
My War Experiences in Two Continents|Sarah Macnaughtan
Terry observed that the people of Thrawn Island were definitely no longer interested in fish.
Creatures of the Abyss|Murray Leinster
They were the windows of the Thrawn Island satellite-tracking installation.
Creatures of the Abyss|Murray Leinster

"Morton's just been talking to me from Thrawn Island," he said abruptly.
Creatures of the Abyss|Murray Leinster

British Dictionary definitions for thrawn

thrawn

/ (θrɔːn) /

adjective Scot and Northern English dialect

crooked or twisted

stubborn; perverse

Word Origin for thrawn

Northern English dialect, variant of thrown, from Old English thrāwan to twist about, throw

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单词	thrawn
释义	thrawn [ thrawn, thrahn ] / θrɔn, θrɑn / adjective Scot. twisted; crooked; distorted. contrary; peevish; perverse. unpleasant; sullen. Origin of thrawn 1400–50; late Middle English (north and Scots), variant of thrown; see thraw OTHER WORDS FROM thrawn thrawnly, adverbthrawnness, noun Words nearby thrawn thrasonical, Thrasybulus, thrave, thraw, thrawart, thrawn, thread, threadbare, thread blight, threaded, threaded glass Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for thrawn We believe that something else makes the deep-sea fish come up into the Thrawn Island lagoon, don't we? Creatures of the Abyss\|Murray Leinster The bedsteads hanging midway between floors look twisted and thrawn—nothing stands up straight. My War Experiences in Two Continents\|Sarah Macnaughtan Terry observed that the people of Thrawn Island were definitely no longer interested in fish. Creatures of the Abyss\|Murray Leinster They were the windows of the Thrawn Island satellite-tracking installation. Creatures of the Abyss\|Murray Leinster "Morton's just been talking to me from Thrawn Island," he said abruptly. Creatures of the Abyss\|Murray Leinster British Dictionary definitions for thrawn thrawn / (θrɔːn) / adjective Scot and Northern English dialect crooked or twisted stubborn; perverse Word Origin for thrawn Northern English dialect, variant of thrown, from Old English thrāwan to twist about, throw Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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