wry face

Questions about wry face

What is another word for wry face?

It depends which wry face you mean. In the sense “a disdainful grimace”, the synonyms are pout, moue. Across all 1 sense there are 2 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of wry face?

WordNet records no antonym for wry face. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for wry face come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of wry face

• Full entry for wry faceAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for wry faceWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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