WRIED
WRY
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
wried
simple past tense and past participle of wry
Anagrams
• Dwire, WEIRD, weird, weïrd, wider, wierd, wired, wride
Source: Wiktionary
WRY
Wry, v. t. Etym: [AS. wreón.]
Definition: To cover. [Obs.]
Wrie you in that mantle. Chaucer.
Wry, a. [Compar. Wrier; superl. Wriest.] Etym: [Akin to OE. wrien to
twist, to bend, AS. wrigian to tend towards, to drive.]
1. Turned to one side; twisted; distorted; as, a wry mouth.
2. Hence, deviating from the right direction; misdirected; out of
place; as, wry words.
Not according to the wry rigor of our neighbors, who never take up an
old idea without some extravagance in its application. Landor.
3. Wrested; perverted.
He . . . puts a wry sense upon Protestant writers. Atterbury.
Wry face, a distortion of the countenance indicating impatience,
disgust, or discomfort; a grimace.
Wry, v. i.
1. To twist; to writhe; to bend or wind.
2. To deviate from the right way; to go away or astray; to turn side;
to swerve.
This Phebus gan awayward for to wryen. Chaucer.
How many Must murder wives much better than themselves For wrying but
a little! Shak.
Wry, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wried; p. pr. & vb. n. Wrying.] Etym: [OE.
wrien. See Wry, a.]
Definition: To twist; to distort; to writhe; to wrest; to vex. Sir P.
Sidney.
Guests by hundreds, not one caring If the dear host's neck were
wried. R. Browning.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition