- 3. Bad, poor, vile, sorry, shabby, pitiful, worthless, paltry, contemptible, mean.
Wretchedness, n. Unhappiness, distress, misery, affliction. See Woe.
Wriggle, v. n. Squirm, writhe.
Wriggle out of. Get out of (by adroit management), work out of, work one’s way out of.
Wring, v. a.
- 1. Twist (violently), wrench.
- 2. Force, extort, wrest.
- 3. Harass, distress, torture, anguish, torment, pain.
Wrinkle, n.
- 1. Furrow, crease, fold, plait, gather, pucker, rumple, corrugation, rimple.
- 2. (Colloq.) Notion, whim, fancy, whimsey, caprice, crotchet, vagary, freak, quirk, maggot.
Wrinkle, v. a. Corrugate, crease, rumple, cockle, pucker, crumple.
Wrinkled, a. Rugose, rugous.
Wrist, n. (Anat.) Carpus.
Writ, n.
- 1. Writing, scripture.
- 2. (Law.) Decree, order, written order.
Write, v. a.
- 1. Inscribe, pen, scrawl, scribble, scratch.
- 2. Compose, indite, produce, frame, draw up.
- 3. Set down, set down in writing, set down in black and white, jot down, commit to paper or writing, put
on paper.
Write, v. n.
- 1. Compose, invent (in a literary way), make books, practise authorship.