Wried

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Wry \Wry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wried}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Wrying}.] [OE. wrien. See {Wry}, a.]
     To twist; to distort; to writhe; to wrest; to vex. --Sir P.
     Sidney.
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           Guests by hundreds, not one caring
           If the dear host's neck were wried.      --R. Browning.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  wry
       adj 1: 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" [syn: {dry}, {ironic}, {ironical}]
       2: bent to one side; "a wry neck"
       3: 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
          [syn: {sardonic}]
       [also: {wried}, {wryest}, {wryer}, {wriest}, {wrier}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  wried
       See {wry}