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wriggle

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of wriggle

1 to make jerky or restless movements

  • a toddler wriggling in his seat all throughout the church service
Synonyms of wriggle

fiddle, fidget, jerk, jig, jiggle, squiggle, squirm, thrash, thresh, toss, twist, twitch, wiggle, writhe
Words Related to wriggle

flit, flutter, twitter

quake, quiver, shake, shiver, shudder, tremble

pace
Near Antonyms of wriggle

relax, rest, unwind

calm (down), still

2 to move slowly with the body close to the ground

  • a worm slowly wriggled across the sidewalk
Synonyms of wriggle

belly, crawl, creep, grovel, slide, slither, snake, worm
Words Related to wriggle

crouch, squat

edge, inch, nose

skulk, sneak, steal, tiptoe

3 to introduce in a gradual, secret, or clever way

  • within a month of his arrival, this social upstart had wriggled himself into the family's good graces
Synonyms of wriggle

infiltrate, insinuate, slip, sneak, wind, work in, worm
Words Related to wriggle

creep, edge, wiggle

insert, interpolate, interpose, introduce

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