Wring

/ɹɪŋ/

Synonyms for "wring" (179 found)

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Closest matches (36)

Noun(4 words)

afflict agonize ail anamorphism anamorphosis asymmetry badger bend bite blackmail bloody buckle burn chafe claim claw concentrate contort contortion convulse

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corkscrew crinkle crook crookedness crucify crumple cut decoct demand detorsion

Verb(2 words)

contort deform

Strong matches (54)

deviation disproportion distill distort distortion distress educe elicit essentialize exact exaction excruciate express extort extortion fester forceforce fromfret gall

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give paingnarl gnaw gouge grate grind gripe harrow hurt imbalance impale inflameinflict paininfuse intort irregularity irritate jerkkill by inchesknot lacerate lancinate levylevy blackmaillopsidedness macerate martyr martyrize meander

Verb(3 words)

distort extort gouge

Noun(2 words)

distress extract

Related words (89)

melt downmilk nip pain pierce pinch presspress outprickprolong the agonypry loose frompunishput to torturequirk rack rankle rasp refine rendrend from

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render rending riprip fromripping rub savage scallop scarify screw serpentineshake downslink snake snatchsnatch fromsoak spring squeeze stab steep sting strike swirltear fromtearing torment torsion tortuosity torture try turnturn awrytweak twine twirl twisttwist and turnunsymmetry warp whirl whorl wind worm wound wrenchwrench fromwrenching wrest wrestingwring fromwring outwringing writhe wry

Noun(6 words)

press squeezing torment twist twisting worry

Verb(7 words)

rack squeeze squeezed squeezes suffer vex wrench

Adjective(1 words)

twisted

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6 relation types

More general

25 entries

crush distortemotional effectemotional impactemotional responsefleece gazump hook manipulation mash motion movementobtain informationoverchargephysical actionpluck

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More specific

15 entries

alarm anguish confession grief heartache information nervousness press pressing squeeze squeezing twist twisting unease worry

Collocations

10 entries

hand wringinghandwringingtowel wringingwringerwringer devicewringingwringing clothwringing motionwringing of handswringing wet

Inflections

3 entries

wringing wrings wrung

Derivations

4 entries

handwringing unwring wringer wringing

similar

4 entries

contort deform distort wrench

Translations

82 translations across 44 languages.

Armenian

1 entries

քամել verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)

Bashkir

1 entries

һығыу verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)

Bulgarian

4 entries

извивам врата verb (to hold (someone or something) tightly and press or twist)
изстисквам verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)
изцеждам чрез извиване verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)
стискам verb (to hold (someone or something) tightly and press or twist)

Catalan

4 entries

escórrer verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)
esprémer verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)
retorçar verb (to hold (someone or something) tightly and press or twist)
retòrcer verb (to hold (someone or something) tightly and press or twist)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries

扭 verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)
擰 /拧 verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)
絞 /绞 verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)

Czech

1 entries

ždímat verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)

Danish

2 entries

vride verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)
vride verb (to hold (someone or something) tightly and press or twist)

Dutch

2 entries

uitwringen verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)
wringen verb (to hold (someone or something) tightly and press or twist)

Egyptian

1 entries

i-a:f verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)

Esperanto

2 entries

premtordi verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)
vringi verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)

Finnish

2 entries

vääntää verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)
vääntää niskat nurin verb (to hold (someone or something) tightly and press or twist)

French

1 entries

essorer verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)

Friulian

1 entries

stuargi verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)

Galician

2 entries

espremer verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)
retorcer verb (to hold (someone or something) tightly and press or twist)

German

2 entries

auswringen verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)
wringen verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)

Greek

2 entries

στείβω verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)
στραγγίζω verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)

Hebrew

1 entries

סחט verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)

Hungarian

2 entries

kicsavar verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)
kinyom verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)

Indonesian

2 entries

peras verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)
remas verb (to hold (someone or something) tightly and press or twist)

Italian

1 entries

spremere verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)

Japanese

1 entries

絞る verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)

Khmer

2 entries

ច្បាច់ verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)
ពូត verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)

Latvian

1 entries

griezt verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)

Manx

1 entries

faast verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)

Mongolian

2 entries

мушгих verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)
ᠮᠤᠰᠭᠢᠬᠤ verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)

Māori

3 entries

kōwiri verb (to hold (someone or something) tightly and press or twist)
tatau verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)
tāwhiri verb (to hold (someone or something) tightly and press or twist)

Norman

1 entries

teurtre verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

vri verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

vri verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries

بورمق verb (to hold (someone or something) tightly and press or twist)
بوكمك verb (to hold (someone or something) tightly and press or twist)

Persian

1 entries

چلاندن verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)

Polish

2 entries

wyżymać verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)
wyżąć verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)

Portuguese

2 entries

torcer verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)
torcer verb (to hold (someone or something) tightly and press or twist)

Rarotongan

1 entries

tatau verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)

Romanian

1 entries

stoarce verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)

Russian

4 entries

вы́жать verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)
вы́крутить verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)
выжима́ть verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)
выкру́чивать verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)

Samoan

1 entries

tatau verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries

snìomh verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)
snìomh verb (to hold (someone or something) tightly and press or twist)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

iscijéditi verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)
исције́дити verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)

Spanish

4 entries

despescuezar verb (to hold (someone or something) tightly and press or twist)
escurrir verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)
espescuezar verb (to hold (someone or something) tightly and press or twist)
estrujar verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)

Swedish

1 entries

vrida ur verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)

Tongan

1 entries

tatau verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)

Tuamotuan

1 entries

tau verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)

Vietnamese

1 entries

vắt verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)

Sample sentences

136 total sentences available.

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You can't wring any more money from me.

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It was hard to resist the impulse to wring Tom's neck.

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I cannot wring this carpet by myself.

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Where did you wring them out?

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