adjective ವಿಶೇಷಣ

Wry meaning in kannada

ವಕ್ರ

  • Pronunciation

    /ɹaɪ/

  • Definition

    humorously sarcastic or mocking

    ಹಾಸ್ಯಮಯವಾಗಿ ವ್ಯಂಗ್ಯ ಅಥವಾ ಅಪಹಾಸ್ಯ

  • Synonyms

    ironic (ವಿಪರ್ಯಾಸ)

adjective ವಿಶೇಷಣ

Wry meaning in kannada

ವಕ್ರ

  • Definition

    bent to one side

    ಒಂದು ಬದಿಗೆ ಬಾಗುತ್ತದೆ

  • Example

    a wry neck

    ಒಂದು ಸುತ್ತುವ ಕುತ್ತಿಗೆ

adjective ವಿಶೇಷಣ

Wry meaning in kannada

ವಕ್ರ

  • Definitions

    1. Turned away, contorted (of the face or body).

    ತಿರುಗಿ, ತಿರುಚಿದ (ಮುಖ ಅಥವಾ ದೇಹದ).

  • Examples:
    1. '"Why, you snivelling, wry-faced, puny villain," gasped old Lobbs.

    2. “Humph! Had to,” said Pep with a wry grimace.

  • 2. Dryly humorous; sardonic or bitterly ironic.

    ಶುಷ್ಕ ಹಾಸ್ಯಮಯ; ವ್ಯಂಗ್ಯ ಅಥವಾ ಕಟುವಾದ ವ್ಯಂಗ್ಯ.

  • Examples:
    1. "[T]he master says a wry word now and then; and so ye let your spirits go down, don't ye see, and all sorts o' fancies comes into your head."

  • 3. Deviating from the right direction; misdirected; out of place.

    ಸರಿಯಾದ ದಿಕ್ಕಿನಿಂದ ವಿಚಲನ; ದಿಕ್ಕು ತಪ್ಪಿದ; ಸ್ಥಳದಿಂದ ಹೊರಗಿದೆ.

  • Examples:
    1. Catherine hath made a wry stitch in her broidery, when she was thinking of something else than her work.

    2. the wry rigour of our neighbours, who never take up an old idea without some extravagance in its application.

  • Synonyms

    wryly (ವಕ್ರವಾಗಿ)

    awry (ವಿಚಿತ್ರವಾದ)

    go awry (ತಪ್ಪಾಗಿ ಹೋಗು)

verb ಕ್ರಿಯಾಪದ

Wry meaning in kannada

ವಕ್ರ

  • Definitions

    1. To turn (away); to swerve or deviate.

    ತಿರುಗಲು (ದೂರ); ತಿರುಗಿಸಲು ಅಥವಾ ತಿರುಗಲು.

  • Examples:
    1. 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.

    2. You married ones, If each of you should take this course, how many Must murder wives much better than themselves For wrying but a little!