WRYNESS Synonyms: 55 Similar and Opposite Words

wryness

noun

Definition of wryness

as in whimsicality

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Recent Examples of wryness The harp is not an instrument of slyness, wryness, or the earth. — Emma Madden, Pitchfork, 28 Apr. 2026

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Noun

The irony here is thick, because while there were captive flamingos, escaped captive flamingos, and the occasional storm refugee along with sightings of coastal flybys, there were no longer any wild breeding birds.

— Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 6 July 2026
The irony there is whether the Heat instead might have to make room for Bronny James.

— Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 5 July 2026

Definition of irony

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The only thing this movie takes seriously is its wholehearted commitment to absurdity.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 July 2026
Mason has a field day riffing on the absurdities of contemporary academic culture and flagging the divides that separate what are often called coastal elites at the western and eastern edges of the country.

— Heller McAlpin, Christian Science Monitor, 7 July 2026

Definition of absurdity

Noun

The resurgence of Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s long-running shock comedy and cultural satire is, at the very least, reflective of the actual show’s cultural footprint in the past year.

— Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 10 July 2026
But the show is not a parody; where Hollis’ Martha Stewart domesticity could easily tip into satire, it’s treated as a legitimate trauma response to losing her nuclear family at an early age.

— Alison Herman, Variety, 9 July 2026

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