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thrawn
[ thrawn, thrahn ]
/ θrɔn, θrɑn /
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adjective Scot.
twisted; crooked; distorted.
contrary; peevish; perverse.
unpleasant; sullen.
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OTHER WORDS FROM thrawn
thrawnly, adverbthrawnness, nounWords nearby thrawn
thrasonical, Thrasybulus, thrave, thraw, thrawart, thrawn, thread, threadbare, thread blight, threaded, threaded glass
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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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