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wring

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of wring

1 to get (as money) by the use of force or threats

that bill collector is willing to do anything to wring money out of deadbeats

Synonyms of wring

exact, extort, wrest

Words Related to wring

bleed, fleece, gouge, milk, skin, squeeze

cheat, gyp, racketeer, swindle

coerce, compel, force

2 to get with great difficulty

after years of trying to wring a decent profit out of the business, he is finally giving up

Synonyms of wring

eke (out), scrape (up or together), scrounge, squeeze, wrest

Words Related to wring

acquire, attain, draw, earn, gain, land, obtain, procure, secure

3 to move by or as if by a forceful rotation

I'm so mad I could wring your neck

Synonyms of wring

twist, wrench, wrest

Words Related to wring

draw, dredge (up), extract, jerk, lug, pluck, pull, tug, tweak, yank

jimmy, lever, pry

budge, dislocate, displace, disturb, remove

shift, transfer, transpose

4 to draw out by force or with effort

willing to use torture if necessary in order to wring the information out of the terrorist

Synonyms of wring

corkscrew, extract, prize, pry, pull, root (out), tear (out), uproot, wrest, yank

Words Related to wring

mine, pluck, remove, take (out), withdraw

Near Antonyms of wring

implant, insert, install, instill

cram, jam, ram, stuff, wedge

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