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adjective
- 1. twisted; crooked: "a slightly thrawn neck"
- 2. perverse; ill-tempered: "mother's looking a bit thrawn this morning"
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Thrawn is an adjective that means crooked, twisted, or perverse, especially in Scottish and Northern England dialect. It is a variant of thrown, from Old English thrāwan, meaning to twist or throw.
Thrawn definition: stubborn; contrary; peevish; perverse. . See examples of THRAWN used in a sentence.
Thrawn is an adjective that means crooked, twisted, or perverse, especially in Scots dialect. It comes from the past participle of thraw, which means to twist or throw. See examples, pronunciation, and related words.
There are three meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective thrawn. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. This word is used in northern English regional dialect, northern Irish English, and Scottish English.
Jul 7, 2023 · thrawn (comparative thrawner, superlative thrawnest) twisted, crooked, distorted, misshapen. (of mouth) wry, twisted with rage or pain. (of person) obstinate, stubborn, defiant, contrarian.
Thrawn is an adjective that means crooked or twisted, often used to describe something misshapen. It is also the name of a fictional character in the Star Wars franchise.