WRUNG Synonyms: 116 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

Definition of wrung

as in parched

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verb

past tense of wring

as in squeezed

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

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as in earned

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

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as in pulled

to move by or as if by a forceful rotation I'm so mad I could wring your neck

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as in pried

to draw out by force or with effort willing to use torture if necessary in order to wring the information out of the terrorist

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Recent Examples of wrung

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By the way the quarterback wrung the most out of John Metchie and a tight-end-by-committee crew with two of his three starting receivers out. — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 5 Oct. 2026 When cleaning wood or stone, use it barely damp and well wrung, with a pH-neutral cleaner. — Louise Parks, Martha Stewart, 17 Aug. 2026 On the other hand, detective Paul Johnson, who wrung out false confessions from the four boys, never expresses any remorse. — Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 13 Aug. 2026 With the 2024 election firmly in the rearview, the feverish hunt to weaponize the manosphere for political gain has largely subsided—what more could be wrung from the Tates at this stage? — Dan Adler, Vanity Fair, 29 July 2026 There is only so much drama left to be wrung from these sexy now-pseudo-singles in their final week. — Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 7 July 2026 In the face of this threat, the Democratic Party’s establishment has wrung its hands. — Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 1 July 2026 Until the last drop congeals and the last pearl is wrung out. — Literary Hub, 19 June 2026 The other mate denied knowledge of the undersized lobsters and wrung tails, and the FWC said Perez was the one in possession of the lobsters found on the boat, according to the report. — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 7 May 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for wrung

Adjective

Earlier Monday, some residents returned to find their homes leveled by wildfires that erupted across a parched landscape over the weekend, covering yards in charred debris.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026
Volunteers armed with watering cans, trucks and makeshift water tanks shadow firefighters, battling underground flare-ups in parched pine forests after months without rain and increasingly fire-prone conditions linked to climate change.

— Mark Carlson, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2026

Definition of parched

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In Malabo, Bioko’s biggest city, a team of men and women equipped with insecticide sprayers squeezed between low-rise cement buildings on a recent morning, as heavy rain drummed on aluminum roofs.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2026
Elevated borrowing rates and refinancing challenges (registration required) have squeezed an already difficult landscape for development financing.

— Jill Jones, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of squeezed

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Lawmakers were surprised to learn that nearly 1,700 state employees in all departments were paid more than $50,000 in overtime alone, while nearly 2,600 employees earned more than $40,000 in overtime in addition to their salaries.

— Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 18 Oct. 2026
Their primary race is still regarded as a historic political earthquake, but, in the final tally, Ocasio-Cortez earned fewer than seventeen thousand votes.

— Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of earned

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Shohei Ohtani emerged from the visiting dugout at American Family Field with a bat in his hand, and the mass of media members scattered in foul territory up the third-base line shifted his way, pulled by the magnetic force that is Ohtani’s stardom.

— Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
On Wednesday, the Congressional Leadership Fund, the House Republicans' super PAC, effectively dropped its push to boost Tijerina and pulled millions of dollars in ads from the district, a person familiar with the decision confirmed.

— Justin Papp, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of pulled

Verb

Clement later successfully extorted one of Roshanki’s friends for $5,000 in drug proceeds, then insisted that Roshanski owed him money for drugs and fraud.

— Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 27 Aug. 2026
The police chief allegedly extorted the victim and the victim’s father in connection with the pending murder case.

— Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026

Definition of extorted

Verb

The wind tugged and shook the bomber, but the pilot held her steady.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2026
But already the thought tugged at me that the scales that had turned were not celestial, but legal, the workings of the same system condemned in the camp as corrupt and broken.

— J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026