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7 Mar 2016
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English (US)
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Korean
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Tajik
Question about English (US)
When we humans are in a great physical pain, since it is intolerable, we twist our body from this side to that side, or bend downward, pull our thighs toward our stomach (?), and cannot stay in a still position.
I want to decsribe a person who is suffering a sharp pain due to renal stone. But I don't know which verb or expression should be used that describes a person in that position. I have found "squirm", does it convey all those restless movements and reactions due to a severe pain?
"After the car accident, there was a man who was squirming out of pain and no one could help him."
When we humans are in a great physical pain, since it is intolerable, we twist our body from this side to that side, or bend downward, pull our thighs toward our stomach (?), and cannot stay in a still position.
I want to decsribe a person who is suffering a sharp pain due to renal stone. But I don't know which verb or expression should be used that describes a person in that position. I have found "squirm", does it convey all those restless movements and reactions due to a severe pain?
"After the car accident, there was a man who was squirming out of pain and no one could help him."
I want to decsribe a person who is suffering a sharp pain due to renal stone. But I don't know which verb or expression should be used that describes a person in that position. I have found "squirm", does it convey all those restless movements and reactions due to a severe pain?
"After the car accident, there was a man who was squirming out of pain and no one could help him."

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I would not use the word squirm. This is only because squirm can have a negative connotation to it. Like insects and lesser things squirm. It's why you might hear on American television things like "I want to watch you squirm". A more appropriate verb would be writhe. You could say they are writhing in pain. Either that or they are having convolutions cause by pain. Both sound a little more professional!
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- English (US)
Wow i meant contortions. Not convolutions haha! I'd say writhe is your best bet though!
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