Synonyms of the word wry


WRYCROOKED - DRY - HUMOROUS - HUMOUROUS - IRONIC - IRONICAL

wry

  • adj. Turned away, contorted (of the face or body).
  • adj. Dryly humorous; sardonic or bitterly ironic.
  • adj. Twisted, bent, crooked.
  • adj. Deviating from the right direction; misdirected; out of place.
  • v. (obsolete, intransitive) To turn (away); to swerve or deviate.
  • v. (obsolete, transitive) To divert; to cause to turn away.
  • v. (transitive) To twist or contort (the body, face, etc.).
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To cover; clothe; cover up; cloak; hide.

crooked

  • v. simple past tense and past participle of crook.
  • adj. Not straight; having one or more bends or angles.
  • adj. Set at an angle; not vertical or square.
  • adj. (figuratively) Dishonest or illegal; corrupt.

dry

  • adj. Free from or lacking moisture.
  • adj. Unable to produce a liquid, as water, (Petrochemistry) oil, or (farming) milk.
  • adj. (masonry) Built without or lacking mortar.
  • adj. (chemistry) Anhydrous: free from or lacking water in any state, regardless of the presence of other liquid…
  • adj. Free from or lacking alcohol or alcoholic beverages.
  • adj. (law) Describing an area where sales of alcoholic or strong alcoholic beverages are banned.
  • adj. Free from or lacking embellishment or sweetness, particularly.
  • adj. (sciences, somewhat pejorative) Involving computations rather than work with biological or chemical matter.
  • n. (US) A prohibitionist (of alcoholic beverages).
  • n. (especially Australia, with "the") The dry season.
  • n. (Australia) An area of waterless country.
  • v. (intransitive) To lose moisture.
  • v. (transitive) To remove moisture from.
  • v. (obsolete, intransitive) To be thirsty.

humorous

  • adj. Full of humor or arousing laughter; funny.
  • adj. Showing humor; witty, jocular.
  • adj. (obsolete) Damp or watery.
  • adj. (obsolete) Dependent on or caused by one's humour or mood; capricious, whimsical.

humourous

  • adj. (chiefly Britain, uncommon, nonstandard) Alternative spelling of humorous.

ironic

  • adj. Characterized by or constituting (any kind of) irony.
  • adj. Given to the use of irony; sarcastic.

ironical

  • adj. Characterized by or constituting (any kind of) irony.
  • adj. Given to the use of irony; sarcastic.
  • adj. (obsolete) Feigning ignorance; simulating lack of instruction or knowledge; exhibiting Socratic irony.

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