Wries

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  • v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of wry.
  • Word Usage
    "“By illuminating so clearly the racial content of the secession persuasion, the commissioners would seem to have laid to rest, once and for all, any notion that slavery had nothing to do with the coming of the Civil War,” Dew wries."
    Equivalent
    humourous    humorous    crooked   
    Verb Form
    wried    wries    wrying   
    Cross Reference
    Variant
    wriest    wrier    wried    wryer    wryest   
    Form
    wried    wrying    wryly    awry   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    cover    twisted    distorted    misdirected    wrested    perverted    twist    writhe    swerve    distort   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Ai    Alai    Ally    Bi    Bligh    Bly    Brunei    Cai    Cy    Dai   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    rueful    sardonic    self-deprecating    sarcastic    derisive    sly    bemused    dismissive    impish    good-humored