wry

(Îngilîzî)

Adj

1. Turned away, contorted (of the face or body).
2. Dryly humorous; sardonic or bitterly ironic.
3. Twisted, bent, crooked.
4. Deviating from the right direction; misdirected; out of place.

Verb

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To turn (away); to swerve or deviate.
2. (obsolete, transitive) To divert; to cause to turn away.
3. (transitive) To twist or contort (the body, face, etc.).

Noun

Distortion.

Verb

To cover; clothe; cover up; cloak; hide.

Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin

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Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

Ji Middle English mîras hatiye girtin: wrien

Ji Old English mîras hatiye girtin: wrīġian

In summary

From Middle English wrien, from Old English wrīġian (“to go, turn, twist, bend, strive, struggle, press forward, endeavor, venture”), from Proto-Germanic *wrigōną (“to wriggle”), from Proto-Indo-European *wreyḱ- (“to turn, wrap, tie”), from *wer- (“to turn, bend”). Compare awry, wriggle.

Hevwate

distorted

twisted

ironic

ironical

crooked

awry

warped

contorted

cockeyed

askew

dry

skew

woebegone

woeful

tortuous

oblique

sullen

rakish

sardonic

sidelong

slant

sly

sneaky

strange

sulky

transverse

underhand

underhanded

unpleasant

wily

wonky

wrong

squinty

slanting

bent

bilious

blind

confused

😕

crackpot

crafty

cunning

curved

devious

flighty

fly

✈️

grouchy

incorrect

kinky

morose

perverse

Werger

ironique

obliquo

ironisch

verschroben

στρεβλός

στραβός

verwrongen

verdraaid

ironico

λοξός

krumm

droog

πικρόχολος

verdreht

schief