| Wry 1. (a.) Turned to one side; twisted; distorted; as, a wry smile. 2. (v. t.) To cover. 3. (superl.) Hence, deviating from the right direction; misdirected; out of place; as, wry words. 4. (superl.) Wrested; perverted. 5. (v. i.) To twist; to writhe; to bend or wind. 6. (v. i.) To deviate from the right way; to go away or astray; to turn side; to swerve. 7. (v.) To twist; to distort; to writhe; to wrest; to vex. Thesaurus Entries agee, agee-jawed, askance, askant, askew, askewgee, asquint, awry, catawampous, catawamptious, cockeyed, crooked, cynical, ironic, skew, skew-jawed, skewed, slaunchways, squinting, wamper-jawed, wrest, wring, yaw-ways |