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wriest

[ rahy-ist ]
/ ˈraɪ ɪst /
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adjective
superlative of wry.
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Words nearby wriest

wretch, wretched, Wrexham, wrick, wrier, wriest, wriggle, wriggler, wrigglework, wriggly, wright
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Words related to wriest

droll, sardonic, ironic, mocking, warped, askew, awry, crooked, cynical, deformed, dry, twisted, uneven, aslant, contorted

How to use wriest in a sentence

  • I confronted death with a smile; I meet life with the wriest of wry faces.

    Simon the Jester|William J. Locke

British Dictionary definitions for wriest

wriest

wryest

/ (ˈraɪɪst) /
adjective
the superlative of wry
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