Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to wry
Participle: wried
Gerund: wrying
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | wry |
| you | wry |
| he;she;it | wries |
| we | wry |
| you | wry |
| they | wry |
Perfect
| I | have wried |
| you | have wried |
| he;she;it | has wried |
| we | have wried |
| you | have wried |
| they | have wried |
Past
| I | wried |
| you | wried |
| he;she;it | wried |
| we | wried |
| you | wried |
| they | wried |
Pluperfect
| I | had wried |
| you | had wried |
| he;she;it | had wried |
| we | had wried |
| you | had wried |
| they | had wried |
Future
| I | will wry |
| you | will wry |
| he;she;it | will wry |
| we | will wry |
| you | will wry |
| they | will wry |
Future Perfect
| I | will have wried |
| you | will have wried |
| he;she;it | will have wried |
| we | will have wried |
| you | will have wried |
| they | will have wried |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | wry |
| you | wry |
| he;she;it | wry |
| we | wry |
| you | wry |
| they | wry |
Perfect
| I | have wried |
| you | have wried |
| he;she;it | have wried |
| we | have wried |
| you | have wried |
| they | have wried |
Imperfect
| I | wried |
| you | wried |
| he;she;it | wried |
| we | wried |
| you | wried |
| they | wried |
Pluperfect
| I | had wried |
| you | had wried |
| he;she;it | had wried |
| we | had wried |
| you | had wried |
| they | had wried |
Conditional
Present
| I | would wry |
| you | would wry |
| he;she;it | would wry |
| we | would wry |
| you | would wry |
| they | would wry |
Perfect
| I | would have wried |
| you | would have wried |
| he;she;it | would have wried |
| we | would have wried |
| you | would have wried |
| they | would have wried |
Imperative
| you | wry |
| we | Let's wry |
| you | wry |
Verbs conjugated like 'wry'
accompany,
acetify,
acidify,
adsignify,
affy,
alacrify,
alkalify,
ally,
amnesty,
amplify,
angelify,
anglicify,
anglify,
apology,
apply,
arefy,
argufy,
astony,
atrophy,
avowtry, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'wry'
cry,
dry,
fry,
pry,
try,
way,
wey,
wray,
wrey,
3rd,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1523, "distorted, somewhat twisted," from obs. verb wry "to contort, to twist or turn," from O.E. wrigian "to turn, bend, move, go," from P.Gmc. *wrig- (cf. O.Fris. wrigia "to bend," M.L.G. wrich "turned, twisted"), from PIE *wreik- "to turn" (cf. Gk. rhoikos "crooked," Lith. raisas "paralysed"), from base *wer- "to turn, bend" (see versus). Of words, thoughts, etc., from 1599. The original sense is in awry.
2. 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.
Sample Sentences
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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:]
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You married ones,
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If each of you should take this course, how many
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Must murder wives much better than themselves
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For wrying but a little! [1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:]