Definitions for wriest

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wriest wri·est

Spelling: [rahy-ist]

IPA: /ˈraɪ ɪst/

Wriest is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 122 anagrams from letters in wriest (eirstw).

Definitions for wriest

adjective

1. superlative of wry.
2. produced by a distortion or lopsidedness of the facial features:
3. abnormally bent or turned to one side; twisted; crooked:
4. devious in course or purpose; misdirected.
5. contrary; perverse.
6. distorted or perverted, as in meaning.
7. bitterly or disdainfully ironic or amusing:

Origin of wriest

1515-25; adj. use of wry to twist, Middle English wryen, Old English wrīgian to go, strive, tend, swerve; cognate with Dutch wrijgen to twist; akin to Old English wrigels, Latin rīcula veil,

Examples for wriest

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