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- [rahy]
- /raɪ/
- /raɪz/
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- [rahy]
- /raɪ/
Definitions of wryness word
- adjective wryness produced by a distortion or lopsidedness of the facial features: a wry grin. 1
- adjective wryness abnormally bent or turned to one side; twisted; crooked: a wry mouth. 1
- adjective wryness devious in course or purpose; misdirected. 1
- adjective wryness contrary; perverse. 1
- adjective wryness distorted or perverted, as in meaning. 1
- adjective wryness bitterly or disdainfully ironic or amusing: a wry remark. 1
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Origin of wryness
First appearance:
before 1515 One of the 27% oldest English words
1515-25; adj. use of wry to twist, Middle English wryen, Old English wrīgian to go, strive, tend, swerve; cognate with Dutch wrijgen to twist; akin to Old English wrigels, Latin rīcula veil, Greek rhoikós crooked
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Parts of speech for Wryness
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
wryness popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 92% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
wryness usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for wryness
noun wryness
- humor — hacker humour
- irony — the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning: the irony of her reply, “How nice!” when I said I had to work all weekend.
- satire — the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- dryness — free from moisture or excess moisture; not moist; not wet: a dry towel; dry air.
- drollness — The quality of being odd or comical.
Antonyms for wryness
noun wryness
- grin — to smile broadly, especially as an indication of pleasure, amusement, or the like.
- smile — a pleasant or agreeable appearance, look, or aspect.
- beauty — Beauty is the state or quality of being beautiful.
- smoothness — free from projections or unevenness of surface; not rough: smooth wood; a smooth road.
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