wryest
Meaning of wryest
adjective, superlative adjective
- using or expressing dry, especially mocking, humour.
a wry smile
wry comments
- (of a person's face or features) twisted into an expression of disgust, disappointment, or annoyance.
- (of the neck or features) distorted or turned to one side.
a remedy for wry necks
early 16th century (in the sense ‘contorted’): from Old English wrīgian ‘tend, incline’, in Middle English ‘deviate, swerve, contort’.
Information about wryest
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Hyphenation of wryest
wryest
- It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
- wryest is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
wryest synonyms
Meaning using or characterized by irony:
Meaning grimly mocking or cynical:
Meaning containing or using satire:
Meaning making fun of someone or something in a cruel way; derisive:
Meaning contemptuously ridiculing or mocking someone or something:
Meaning contemptuous or mocking:
Meaning expressing contempt or ridicule:
Meaning feeling or expressing contempt or derision:
Meaning marked by or given to using irony in order to mock or convey contempt:
Meaning (of a joke or sense of humour) subtle and expressed in a matter-of-fact way:
Meaning curious or unusual in a way that provokes dry amusement:
Meaning showing or characterized by quick and inventive verbal humour:
Meaning causing laughter and amusement; comic:
Meaning sarcastic:
Meaning feeling or expressing revulsion or strong disapproval:
Meaning feeling or showing annoyance and displeasure:
Meaning dissatisfied, especially with one's circumstances:
Meaning resentful or annoyed, typically as a result of a perceived insult:
Meaning feeling no admiration, interest, or respect:
Meaning slightly angry; irritated:
Meaning showing or feeling slight anger; annoyed:
Meaning irritate; annoy:
Meaning (of a problem or issue) difficult and much debated; problematic:
Meaning arouse (interest or curiosity):
Meaning irritate or annoy (someone):
Meaning angry or dissatisfied:
Meaning annoy or irritate:
Meaning annoyed:
Meaning (of a part of one's body) painful or aching:
Anagrams of wryest
Words that rhyme with wryest
yest, fayest, gayest, grayest, mayest, sayest, boneyest, feyest, geyest, greyest, motleyest, skieyest, steyest, shyest, flyest, slyest, coyest, dryest, spryest
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