thrawn
/θrɔːn
/adjective Scottish
1Twisted; crooked: a slightly thrawn neck
2Perverse; ill-tempered: mother’s looking a bit thrawn this morning...
- Life for her and her siblings on Blawearie farm is conditioned by the weather and the mood of her thrawn, ill-tempered father, John.
- Being thrawn, I refused to cut it to ‘a commercial length’ or compromise in any way.
- Although the Holland job must be tempting, it is probably too easy an option for his thrawn nature.
Origin
Late Middle English: Scots form of thrown (see throw), in the obsolete sense 'twisted, wrung'.