"thrawn" meaning in Scots

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Adjective

IPA: /θɹɑn/ Forms: thrawner [comparative], thrawnest [superlative]
Etymology: Participle of thraw. Cognate with English thrown and thran. Etymology templates: {{root|sco|ine-pro|*terh₁-}}, {{cog|en|thrown}} English thrown Head templates: {{head|sco|adjective|comparative|thrawner||thrawnest|||superlative|thrawnest||thrawnest||}} thrawn (comparative thrawner, superlative thrawnest), {{sco-adj|thrawner|thrawnest}} thrawn (comparative thrawner, superlative thrawnest)
  1. twisted, crooked, distorted, misshapen.
    Sense id: en-thrawn-sco-adj-hRVrP82k Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Scots entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 69 16 4 10 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 80 11 3 7 0 Disambiguation of Scots entries with incorrect language header: 69 9 9 11 2
  2. (of mouth) wry, twisted with rage or pain.
    Sense id: en-thrawn-sco-adj-9l2I2n-d
  3. (of person) obstinate, stubborn, defiant, contrarian.
    Sense id: en-thrawn-sco-adj-PcxMoVjM
  4. (of person) surly, bad tempered
    Sense id: en-thrawn-sco-adj-Fk~GYucx
  5. (of weather) inclement
    Sense id: en-thrawn-sco-adj-tzX~pViZ
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          "text": "The thrawn Tory Brexiters should heed words of Burns as they fly Union Flags [...] With every day that passes, the impression of the Brexiters as being utterly thrawn, to use a great Scots word, just keeps on growing.",
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