DRY vs WRY: NOUN
- A reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages
- A prohibitionist.
- Dry land: as, to execute a piece of engineering work in the dry (that is, not under water).
- A twisting about, or out of shape or course; distortion; a distorting effect.
DRY vs WRY: ADJECTIVE
- Not producing a liquid substance that is normally produced.
- Needing moisture or drink.
- No longer wet.
- Of or relating to solid rather than liquid substances or commodities.
- Not sweet as a result of the decomposition of sugar during fermentation. Used of wines.
- Eaten or served without butter, gravy, or other garnish.
- Having no adornment or coloration; plain.
- Devoid of bias or personal concern.
- Matter-of-fact or indifferent in manner.
- Humorously sarcastic or mocking
- (of food) eaten without a spread or sauce or other garnish
- Having no adornment or coloration
- Unproductive especially of the expected results
- Used of solid substances in contrast with liquid ones
- Lacking interest or stimulation; dull and lifeless
- (of wines) not sweet because of decomposition of sugar during fermentation
- Not shedding tears
- Free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet
- Not producing milk
- Lacking tenderness, warmth, or involvement; severe.
- Practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages
- Lacking warmth or emotional involvement
- Having a large proportion of strong liquor
- Without a mucous or watery discharge
- Free from liquid or moisture.
- Having or characterized by little or no rain.
- Marked by the absence of natural or normal moisture.
- Not under water.
- Having all the water or liquid drained away, evaporated, or exhausted.
- No longer yielding liquid, especially milk.
- Opposed to or prohibiting the production and sale of alcoholic beverages
- Suffering from fluid deprivation
- Humorous in an understated or unemotional way.
- Prohibiting or opposed to the sale or consumption of alcoholic beverages.
- Unproductive of the expected results.
- Constructed without mortar or cement.
- Wearisome; dull.
- Twisted, bent, crooked.
- Dryly humorous; sardonic or ironic.
- Turned away, contorted (of the face or body).
- A distortion of the countenance indicating impatience, disgust, or discomfort; a grimace.
- Wrested; perverted.
- Hence, deviating from the right direction; misdirected; out of place.
- Turned to one side; twisted; distorted.
- Abnormally twisted or bent to one side; crooked.
- Temporarily twisted in an expression of distaste or displeasure.
- Funny in an understated, sarcastic, or ironic way.
- Humorously sarcastic or mocking
- Disdainfully or ironically humorous; scornful and mocking
- Bent to one side
DRY vs WRY: VERB
- Remove the moisture from and make dry
- Become dry or drier
- To turn (away); to swerve or deviate.
- To divert; to cause to turn away.
- To twist or contort (the body, face etc.).
DRY vs WRY: INTRANSITIVE VERB
- To become dry.
- To preserve (meat or other foods, for example) by extracting the moisture.
- To remove the moisture from; make dry.
- To deviate from the right way; to go away or astray; to turn side; to swerve.
- To twist; to writhe; to bend or wind.
DRY vs WRY: TRANSITIVE VERB
- N/A
- To twist; to distort; to writhe; to wrest; to vex.
- To cover.
DRY vs WRY: OTHER WORD TYPES
- To wither, as a limb
- To cease talking; be silent.
- In pathology, not attended with suppuration, a fluid discharge or exudation, or hemorrhage.
- Without moisture; not moist; absolutely or comparatively free from water or wetness, or from fluid of any kind: as, dry land; dry clothes; dry weather; a dry day; dry wood; dry bones.
- In geology and mining, free from the presence or use of water, or distant from water: as, dry diggings; dry separation.
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- Dull and lifeless
- Lacking interest or stimulation
- A small child with a dry nose"
- Or no longer wet
- Lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water
- Lacking moisture or volatile components
- Thirsty; craving drink, especially intoxicating drink.
- Not giving milk: as, a dry cow.
- Specifically
- To make dry; free from water or from moisture of any kind, and by any means, as by wiping, evaporation, exhalation, or drainage; desiccate: as, to dry the eyes; to dry hay; wind dries the earth; to dry a meadow or a swamp.
- To cause to evaporate or exhale; stop the flow of: as, to dry out the water from a wet garment.
- To wither; parch.
- To evaporate completely; stop the flow of: as, the fierce heat dried up all the streams.
- To lose moisture; become free from moisture.
- To evaporate; be exhaled; lose fluidity: as, water dries away rapidly; blood dries quickly on exposure to the air.
- To be wholly evaporated; cease to flow.
- To give a twist to; make wry; writhe; wring.
- To turn; twist aside.
- To swerve or go obliquely; go awry or astray; deviate from the right course, physically or morally.
- To turn; bend; wind; twist or twine about, with or without change of place.
- To cover; clothe; cover up; cloak; hide.
- Devious in course or purpose; divaricating; aberrant; misdirected.
- Crooked; bent; not straight.
- Figuratively, to pervert; alter.
- Abnormally bent or turned to one side; in a state of contortion; twisted; distorted; askew.
DRY vs WRY: RELATED WORDS
- Unproductive, Tearless, Unstimulating, Shriveled, Scorched, Sere, Semiarid, Juiceless, Thirsty, Waterless, Unsweet, Desiccated, Arid, Rainless, Parched
- Witty, Deadpan, Droll, Distorted, Askew, Twisted, Contorted, Dry, Crooked, Ironical, Ironic, Humourous, Humorous, Sarcastic, Sardonic
DRY vs WRY: DESCRIBE WORDS
- Unproductive, Tearless, Unstimulating, Shriveled, Scorched, Sere, Semiarid, Juiceless, Thirsty, Waterless, Unsweet, Desiccated, Arid, Rainless, Parched
- Witty, Deadpan, Droll, Distorted, Askew, Twisted, Contorted, Dry, Crooked, Ironical, Ironic, Humourous, Humorous, Sarcastic, Sardonic
DRY vs WRY: SENTENCE EXAMPLES
- Permanent ponds: Ponds that do not normally dry up except in especially dry years.
- Freezing, dry cold, dry heat, and natural soil compositions can create natural embalming.
- They significantly improve chronic conditions worsened by dry air, such as asthma and dry skin.
- They also are known to cause dry mouth, dry eyes, and can worsen constipation.
- Keep your receiver and transmitter dry; if they get wet, wipe them dry immediately.
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- This dry spell has caused the stream to dry up.
- Pump onto dry hands and smooth over dry face.
- This can help dry up a cough or runny nose but can also cause side effects such as a dry mouth and dry nose.
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- One week down and I had a wry smile.
- Chronic pain, Logevall suggests, made him a wry humorist.
- That was why Basara spoke with a wry smile.
- His sense of humor was both with and wry.
- It is a funny, wry and thoroughly entertaining memoir.
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- George gave me a wry smile for that.
DRY vs WRY: QUESTIONS
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- Can certain medications cause dry eyes and a dry mouth?
- What are some good books with wry humor and Too-True characterizations?