adjective विशेषण

Wry meaning in marathi

wry

  • Pronunciation

    /ɹaɪ/

  • Definition

    humorously sarcastic or mocking

    विनोदाने व्यंग्यात्मक किंवा उपहास

  • Synonyms

    ironic (उपरोधिक)

adjective विशेषण

Wry meaning in marathi

wry

  • Definition

    bent to one side

    एका बाजूला वाकलेला

  • Example

    a wry neck

    रखरखीत मान

adjective विशेषण

Wry meaning in marathi

wry

  • Definitions

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

    (चेहऱ्याचे किंवा शरीराचे) वळलेले, विकृत.

  • 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.

    कोरडे विनोदी; व्यंग्यपूर्ण किंवा कडवट उपरोधिक.

  • 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.

    योग्य दिशेने विचलित होणे; चुकीचे दिशानिर्देशित; जागेच्या बाहेर.

  • 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 (कुरबुरीने)

    go awry (गोंधळून जा)

    awry (गोंधळलेला)

verb क्रियापद

Wry meaning in marathi

wry

  • Definitions

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

    वळणे (दूर); वळणे किंवा विचलित करणे.

  • 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!