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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, 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
  • used every interrogation technique in order to wring the information out of the criminal
Synonyms of wring

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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