thrawn

[ thrawn, thrahn ]

/ θrɔn, θrɑn /

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adjective Scot.

twisted; crooked; distorted.

contrary; peevish; perverse.

unpleasant; sullen.

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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

How to use thrawn in a sentence

Ay, I've had a grand walking tour, but the weather was a wee bit thrawn.
Huntingtower|John Buchan
I'll neither mak or mar, as the young cock said when he saw the auld cock's neck thrawn.
The Proverbs of Scotland|Alexander Hislop
The bedsteads hanging midway between floors look twisted and thrawn—nothing stands up straight.
My War Experiences in Two Continents|Sarah Macnaughtan
Thrawn and twisted the old Gordon stock might be, but it had at least this one offshoot of perfect grace and symmetry.
Kilmeny of the Orchard|Lucy Maud Montgomery

What he had to say was of vast importance, and Thrawn Island shared in his achievement.
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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