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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms1.0 / 1 vote

  1. wry

    Synonyms:
    atwist, askew, contorted, distorted, deformed, deranged

    Antonyms:
    straight, right, just, fit, proper, shapely, comely

Princeton's WordNet5.0 / 1 vote

  1. dry, ironic, ironical, wryadjective

    humorously sarcastic or mocking

    "dry humor"; "an ironic remark often conveys an intended meaning obliquely"; "an ironic novel"; "an ironical smile"; "with a wry Scottish wit"

    Synonyms:
    ironical, teetotal, dry, ironic, juiceless

    Antonyms:
    humorless, humourless, straight, unhumorous

  2. wryadjective

    bent to one side

    "a wry neck"

    Synonyms:
    ironical, dry, ironic

    Antonyms:
    humourless, unhumorous, straight, humorless

Dictionary of English Synonymes5.0 / 1 vote

  1. wryadjective

    Synonyms:
    distorted, twisted, crooked, askew, awry, on one side, turned to one side

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  1. wryadjective

    Synonyms:
    twisted, distorted, awry, wrested, perverted

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How to use wry in a sentence?

  1. Thomas Traherne:

    A little grit in the eye destroyeth the sight of the very heavens, and a little malice or envy a world of joys. One wry principle in the mind is of infinite consequence.


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