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Wring

🔄 Synonyms of "Wring"

8 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
distortverb	(transitive) To give a false or misleading account of; pervert.
racknoun	A series of one or more shelves, stacked one above the other.
squeezeverb	(transitive) To apply pressure to from two or more sides at once.
contortverb	(intransitive) To twist into or as if into a strained shape or expression.
gougenoun	(transitive) To make a groove, hole, or mark in by scooping with or as if with a gouge.
deformverb	(transitive) To change the form of (something), usually thus making it disordered or irregular; to give (something) an abnormal or unusual shape.
extortverb	(transitive) To take or seize from an unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity.
wrenchnoun	A movement that twists or pulls violently; a tug.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Wring"

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Word	Definition
wrenchverb	A movement that twists or pulls violently; a tug.
squeezeverb	(transitive) To apply pressure to from two or more sides at once.
contortverb	(intransitive) To twist into or as if into a strained shape or expression.
distortverb	(transitive) To give a false or misleading account of; pervert.
gougeverb	(transitive) To make a groove, hole, or mark in by scooping with or as if with a gouge.
rackverb	A series of one or more shelves, stacked one above the other.
deformverb	(transitive) To change the form of (something), usually thus making it disordered or irregular; to give (something) an abnormal or unusual shape.
extortverb	(transitive) To take or seize from an unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity.
twistverb	A twisting force.
bendverb	(transitive) To cause (something) to change its shape into a curve, by physical force, chemical action, or any other means.
turnverb	To make a non-linear physical movement.
wilderverb	To bewilder, perplex
writhenoun	(knot theory) The number of negative crossings subtracted from the number of positive crossings in a knot
wranglenoun	(countable) An angry dispute; a noisy quarrel; an altercation.
wring outverb	To squeeze (wet clothing or cloth), either by twisting with one's hands, or by passing it through a wringer, to remove the water.
wrestverb	(transitive) To pull or twist violently.
wrignoun	(obsolete) To wriggle.
wring out one's sockverb	(vulgar, slang) Of a man: to urinate.
dringnoun	(UK, dialectal) A throng; crowd.
wricknoun	A painful muscular spasm in the neck or back