Definition for Wry:

• To twist; to writhe; to bend or wind.

Synonyms for Wry:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • wry.
  •cynical (adjective)
  • derisive,
  • suspicious,
  • misanthropic,
  • pessimistic,
  • sneering,
  • scoffing,
  • contemptuous,
  • scornful,
  • unbelieving,
  • skeptical,
  • sarcastic.
  •distorted (adjective)
  • anamorphic,
  • cockeyed,
  • colored.
  •facetious (adjective)
  • flippant,
  • joking,
  • irreverent,
  • frivolous,
  • pleasant,
  • joshing,
  • blithe,
  • merry,
  • laughable,
  • flip*,
  • clever,
  • sportive,
  • farcical,
  • Capering,
  • jesting,
  • indecorous,
  • fanciful,
  • satirical,
  • gay,
  • sprightly.
  •ironic (adjective)
  • unexpected.
  •ironic/ironical (adjective)
  • bitter,
  • incongruous,
  • pungent,
  • caustic,
  • arrogant,
  • alert,
  • spicy,
  • trenchant,
  • disparaging,
  • Backbiting,
  • mordant,
  • acrid,
  • biting,
  • sharp,
  • satiric,
  • keen,
  • critical,
  • exaggerated,
  • implausible,
  • burlesque,
  • Jibing,
  • quick-witted,
  • scathing,
  • incisive,
  • cutting,
  • Chaffing,
  • contradictory,
  • defiant.
  •tricky (adjective)
  • crafty,
  • insidious,
  • scheming,
  • deceitful,
  • cagey,
  • astute,
  • subtle,
  • treacherous,
  • dishonest,
  • wily,
  • misleading,
  • artful,
  • catchy,
  • smooth,
  • shifty,
  • intelligent,
  • delusive,
  • foxy,
  • greasy,
  • cunning,
  • slippery*,
  • shady,
  • shrewd,
  • guileful,
  • delusory,
  • slick*,
  • deep,
  • devious.
  •twisted (adjective)
  • braided,
  • tangled,
  • complicated,
  • involved,
  • curled,
  • convoluted,
  • wound,
  • intricate,
  • coiled.

• n.

  •
  • black,
  • bug-eyed,
  • beatific,
  • curious,
  • dark,
  • bleak,
  • darkly,
  • brooding,
  • appealing,
  • absent.
  •
  • attitude,
  • cynic,
  • respect.
  •crooked (noun)
  • crooked.
  •humourous (noun)
  • humourous.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • lighthearted,
  • whimsical,
  • puckish,
  • salty,
  • whacky,
  • tongue-in-cheek,
  • clownish,
  • wacky,
  • Daffy,
  • waggish,
  • sidesplitting.
  •
  • good.
  •Other relevant words:
  • Simous,
  • Agee,
  • on one side,
  • hack,
  • abnormal,
  • slope,
  • prejudice,
  • gnarled,
  • skew,
  • corrupted,
  • uneven,
  • shrink from,
  • shudder at,
  • deflection,
  • deviate,
  • recoil from,
  • deflect,
  • deflexion,
  • weird,
  • feel pain,
  • deform,
  • harelipped,
  • not straight,
  • twist,
  • angle,
  • talipedic,
  • monstrous,
  • pitch,
  • grade,
  • askance,
  • recumbent,
  • contort,
  • slaunchways,
  • incorrect,
  • shun,
  • inclination,
  • lancinate,
  • corrupt,
  • improper,
  • look blue,
  • look glum,
  • tilted,
  • short,
  • depart,
  • bleed,
  • drape,
  • curved,
  • erroneous,
  • warped,
  • suffer,
  • wind,
  • suffer pain,
  • avoid,
  • twitch,
  • writhen,
  • bind,
  • emotionless,
  • curve,
  • squiggly,
  • indirect,
  • twinge,
  • view,
  • frown,
  • squinting,
  • scowl,
  • out of shape,
  • comprise,
  • bend,
  • incline,
  • crump,
  • outlook,
  • look black,
  • crook,
  • writhed,
  • deviation,
  • skewed,
  • ache,
  • digression,
  • tortuous,
  • tilt,
  • mocking,
  • asymmetric,
  • eschew,
  • cover,
  • askewgee,
  • taliped,
  • contempt,
  • teetotal,
  • reproachfully,
  • inflect,
  • wrench,
  • distort,
  • splay footed,
  • peculiar,
  • aslant,
  • off-centre,
  • repine,
  • wrong,
  • stumpy,
  • withdraw from,
  • misshapen,
  • take on,
  • perverse,
  • unsymmetric,
  • irregular,
  • catawampous,
  • bent,
  • scalene,
  • misbegotten,
  • deviant,
  • beat one's breast,
  • deviance,
  • lopsided,
  • shoot,
  • corkscrew,
  • be discontented,
  • wryly,
  • pawky,
  • look askance at,
  • frown upon,
  • bias,
  • regret,
  • misproportioned,
  • lurch,
  • swerve,
  • contorted,
  • fey,
  • wring,
  • variation,
  • strange,
  • ill-made,
  • not legal,
  • bandy,
  • convulse,
  • curl,
  • bloated,
  • flexuous,
  • one-sided,
  • writhe,
  • wrest,
  • asquint,
  • thin,
  • look askance,
  • make faces,
  • tingle,
  • sly,
  • not right,
  • blackbird,
  • agee-jawed,
  • warp,
  • laconic,
  • juiceless,
  • grotesque,
  • enclose,
  • wander,
  • gaunt,
  • deformed,
  • slant,
  • catawamptious,
  • viewpoint,
  • bury,
  • kinky,
  • askant,
  • take to heart,
  • experience pain,
  • wince,
  • turn.

Antonyms for Wry:

• adj.

  • cynical
    hopeful, believing, trusting, undoubting, optimistic.
  • facetious
    unfunny, formal, serious, grave.
  • ironic
    sincere.
  • ironic/ironical
    deferential, considerate.
  • tricky
    aboveboard, frank, honest.
  • twisted
    untwisted.
  • wry
    straightforward, straight.

• Other antonyms:

  • n.
    square.

• v. t.

  • Other antonyms:
    humorless, humourless, unhumorous.

Wry Sentence Examples:

• This, as the wry - necked man had said, admitted of a possible resurrection.

• She bent over the girl with a slightly wry smile, and kissed her forehead.

Homophones for Wry:

• wrye, rye.