Synonyms for wring
rɪŋwring

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1. squeeze, wringverb

   a twisting squeeze

   "gave the wet cloth a wring"

   Synonyms:
   clinch, squeezing, power play, liquidity crisis, credit crunch, squeeze play, squeeze, hug

2. contort, deform, distort, wringverb

   twist and press out of shape

   Synonyms:
   turn, warp, extort, strain, bend, rack, wrench, color, twist, colour, falsify, squeeze, distort, garble, deform, twine, tinge, contort, flex, change shape, change form, gouge

3. wring, wrenchverb

   twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish

   "Wring one's hand"

   Synonyms:
   deform, gouge, squeeze, extort, rack, twist, sprain, contort, wrick, turn, wrench, rick, distort

4. extort, squeeze, rack, gouge, wringverb

   obtain by coercion or intimidation

   "They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss"; "They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him"

   Synonyms:
   pressure, crush, scud, coerce, rack, contort, thrust, press, twitch, wring from, rout, gouge, tweet, embrace, force, shove, single-foot, torment, twinge, compress, hug, wrench, contract, excruciate, extort, stuff, distort, squeeze, squash, compact, pinch, hale, mash, torture, force out, bosom, wedge, deform, squelch, constrict

5. wringverb

   twist, squeeze, or compress in order to extract liquid

   "wring the towels"

   Synonyms:
   deform, gouge, squeeze, extort, rack, contort, wrench, distort

Matched Categories

1. • Overcharge
   • Squeeze
   • Twist

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. wringverb

   Synonyms:
   twist (violently)

2. wringverb

   Synonyms:
   force, extort, wrest

3. wringverb

   Synonyms:
   harass, distress, torture, torment, pain

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. wringverb

   Synonyms:
   writhe, squeeze, pinch, distort, pervert, wrest, exact, extort

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How to use wring in a sentence?

1. Linda Matheny:

   I'm going to wring his neck, what he was doing up there with only flip-flops, I have no idea.

2. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle:

   You will ruin no more lives as you ruined mine. You will wring no more hearts as you wrung mine. I will free the world of a poisonous thing. Take that, you hound, and that! -- and that! -- and that! -- and that!

3. Mitch Landrieu:

   The President says,' Look, I can't sit in my office and turn a dial and move gas down. I can't sit in my office and move inflation,' but what I can do is ask Congress and my team to help me reduce everybody's cost in other areas and wring efficiencies out of the system. That's where the infrastructure bill comes into play.

4. Lucinda Creighton:

   The tech companies basically don't see this as a priority, they wring their hands, they say this is terrible, but what they're not doing is preventing this from reappearing.

5. John Ing:

   It's the summer doldrums, so there are few bulls around, technically we're oversold, we're due for at least the odd dead-cat bounce ... but I suspect this has got to wring itself out.