What is another word for wry?
Pronunciation:
[ ɹˈa͡ɪ], [ ɹˈaɪ], [ ɹ_ˈaɪ]
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Similar words for wry:
- all (adjective)
- cynical (adjective)
- distorted (adjective)
- facetious (adjective)
- ironic (adjective)
- ironic/ironical (adjective)
- other relevant words (adjective)
- tricky (adjective)
- twisted (adjective)
- crooked (noun)
- humourous (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- other synonyms
- other relevant words
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Wry:
adj.
• all (adjective)- wry.
- derisive,
- suspicious,
- misanthropic,
- pessimistic,
- sneering,
- scoffing,
- contemptuous,
- scornful,
- unbelieving,
- skeptical,
- sarcastic.
- fanciful,
- irreverent,
- gay,
- farcical,
- clever,
- sprightly,
- satirical,
- frivolous,
- merry,
- pleasant,
- sportive,
- Capering,
- joshing,
- joking,
- flippant,
- laughable,
- jesting,
- blithe,
- indecorous.
- 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.
- flipper,
- Knurly,
- twisted,
- misanthropical,
- ironical,
- cynical,
- uncomplimentary,
- paradoxical,
- punning,
- putting one on,
- tricky,
- streetwise,
- Witted,
- Tortile,
- pulling one's leg,
- wisecracking,
- double-edged,
- not serious.
n.
• crooked (noun) • humourous (noun) • Other relevant words: (noun)- droll,
- satirize,
- pun,
- dry,
- comical,
- laugh,
- humour,
- lavatorial,
- perverted,
- ironic,
- jokey,
- barrel,
- ridiculous,
- Wrested,
- sarcasm,
- witticism,
- drily,
- hilarious,
- bundle,
- jokingly,
- in-joke,
- rapier,
- joker,
- satire,
- one,
- quip,
- light,
- priceless,
- distorted,
- GSOH,
- witty,
- side-splitting,
- lightly,
- standing joke,
- wordplay,
- tongue,
- jocose,
- sense,
- knock,
- gallows humour,
- sardonic,
- humorous,
- wag,
- moon,
- rib,
- crack,
- jocular,
- uproarious,
- geddit?,
- levity,
- play,
- zany,
- hilarity,
- wise guy,
- josh,
- jest,
- comedy,
- punster,
- playful,
- Black Humour,
- rib-tickling,
- awry,
- joke,
- one-liner,
- funny,
- tongue in cheek,
- coruscating,
- jokester,
- gag,
- facetious,
- smart,
- punchline,
- bring,
- ludicrous,
- wisecrack,
- hysterical,
- comic,
- tickle,
- scream,
- killing,
- wit,
- Blackly,
- amusing,
- stand up,
- lambent.
Other synonyms:
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•
- lighthearted,
- whimsical,
- puckish,
- salty,
- whacky,
- tongue-in-cheek,
- clownish,
- wacky,
- Daffy,
- waggish,
- sidesplitting.
-
•
- good.
- 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.
How to use "Wry" in context?
The dictionary definition of wry is "funny, ironic, or self-mocking." It's a descriptive adjective that often shows up in military andsatire magazines. But what is it really like to be wry?
Wryness can manifest differently in everyone. To some people, it might feel like a lighthearted way to brush off a situation. To others, it might be their natural way of dealing with difficult things.
Regardless of why or how someone wry, it's a very useful trait to have.
Homophones for Wry:
- wrye, rye.
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