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Defenition of the word wry

    • Defenition of the word wry

      • Dryly humorous with an undertone of regret.
      • 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"
      • disdainfully or ironically humorous; scornful and mocking; "his rebellion is the bitter, sardonic laughter of all great satirists"- Frank Schoenberner; "a wry pleasure to be...reminded of all that one is missing"- Irwin Edman
      • bent to one side; "a wry neck"
      • humorously sarcastic or mocking
      • bent to one side

    Synonyms for the word wry

      • cynical
      • dry
      • ironic
      • ironical
      • sardonic

    Similar words in the wry

      • crooked
      • humorous
      • humourous
      • sarcastic
      • wry
      • wryer
      • wryest
      • wrying
      • wryly
      • wryness
      • wryness's

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