wrying
/ˈɹaɪ.ɪŋ/
wrying is the present participle and gerund of wry.
Meaning of wry
Verb (1)
wry (third-person singular simple present wries, present participle wrying, simple past and past participle wried)
- To turn (away); to swerve or deviate.
- God pricketh them of his great goodness still. And the grief of this great pang pincheth them at the heart, and of wickedness they wry away.1535, Thomas More, chapter 18, in Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation
- To divert; to cause to turn away.
- To twist or contort (the body, face, etc.).
Verb (2)
wry (third-person singular simple present wries, present participle wrying, simple past and past participle wried)
Words that rhyme with wrying
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- bespying
- buying
- clying
- complying
- decrying
- defying
- denying
- descrying
- dyeing
- espying
- forbuying
- frying
- goodbyeing
- high-flying
- highing
- implying
- lyeing
- lying
- mistrying
- nighing
- outvying
- pieing
- plying
- prying
- rebuying
- redyeing
- refrying
- relying
- replying
- retrying
- retying
- scrying
- shanghaiing
- shying
- sighing
- skying
- speed flying
- spying
- stying
- supplying
- thighing
- unbuying
- uncrying
- undrying
- undyeing
- undying
- unflying
- unfrying
Questions about wrying
- What is wrying the present participle and gerund of?
- Wrying is the present participle and gerund of wry.
- How do you pronounce wrying?
- Wrying is pronounced /ˈɹaɪ.ɪŋ/.
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