Wry

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The American HeritageĀ® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Dryly humorous, often with a touch of irony.
  • adj. Temporarily twisted in an expression of distaste or displeasure: made a wry face.
  • adj. Abnormally twisted or bent to one side; crooked: a wry nose.
  • adj. Being at variance with what is right, proper, or suitable; perverse.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To cover; clothe; cover up; cloak; hide.
  • v. To turn (away); to swerve or deviate.
  • v. To divert; to cause to turn away.
  • v. To twist or contort (the body, face etc.).
  • adj. Turned away, contorted (of the face or body).
  • adj. Dryly humorous; sardonic or ironic.
  • adj. Twisted, bent, crooked.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To cover.
  • adj. Turned to one side; twisted; distorted.
  • adj. Hence, deviating from the right direction; misdirected; out of place.
  • adj. Wrested; perverted.
  • verb-intransitive. To twist; to writhe; to bend or wind.
  • verb-intransitive. To deviate from the right way; to go away or astray; to turn side; to swerve.
  • v. To twist; to distort; to writhe; to wrest; to vex.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To turn; bend; wind; twist or twine about, with or without change of place.
  • To swerve or go obliquely; go awry or astray; deviate from the right course, physically or morally.
  • To turn; twist aside.
  • To give a twist to; make wry; writhe; wring.
  • Figuratively, to pervert; alter.
  • Abnormally bent or turned to one side; in a state of contortion; twisted; distorted; askew.
  • Crooked; bent; not straight.
  • Devious in course or purpose; divaricating; aberrant; misdirected.
  • n. A twisting about, or out of shape or course; distortion; a distorting effect.
  • To cover; clothe; cover up; cloak; hide.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. humorously sarcastic or mocking
  • adj. bent to one side
  • 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