thrawn

[ thrawn, thrahn ]

/ θrɔn, θrɑn /

adjective Scot.

twisted; crooked; distorted.

contrary; peevish; perverse.

unpleasant; sullen.

Nearby words

thrasonical, thrasybulus, thrave, thraw, thrawart, thrawn, thread, thread blight, thread escutcheon, thread mark, thread rolling

Origin of thrawn

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

Related forms

thrawn·ly, adverbthrawn·ness, noun

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Examples 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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