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wrying

/ˈɹaɪ.ɪŋ/

A form of wry — Turned away, contorted (of the face or body).

Scrabble 13

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Meanings

verb

gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of wry

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with wrying

trying buying flying applying dying lying crying drying denying spying tying complying implying frying dyeing defying vying undying prying sighing plying scrying decrying retrying

Cite this entry

APA

wrying. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wrying

MLA

“wrying.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wrying. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wrying,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wrying.

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