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Showing words for WRESTING using the English dictionary

8 Letter Words for Wresting

strewing, wresting

7 Letter Words for Wresting

resting, serting, stewing, stinger, swinger, twiners, twinges, westing, wingers, winster, winters

6 Letter Words for Wresting

engirt, estrin, greins, inerts, ingest, insert, inters, nigers, niters, reigns, renigs, resign, resing, rewing, rewins, sering, sewing, signer, signet, singer, sinter, sterin, stinge, streng, strewn, strine, string, sweirt, swinge, tewing, tigers, tinger, tinges, triens, trines, twiers, twiner, twines, twinge, wering, winers, winger, winter, wisent, wister, wrings, writes

5 Letter Words for Wresting

entsi, ering, ewing, geist, geits, genit, gents, girns, girse, girts, gites, grein, greit, grens, grews, grewt, grins, grint, grist, grits, gwine, inert, inger, inset, instr, inter, iters, neist, nerts, newts, niger, niter, regin, reign, reins, reist, renig, rents, resin, resit, retin, rewin, rines, ringe, rings, rinse, risen, rites, segni, sengi, senit, senti, sergt, serin, sewin, sient, sinew, singe, siren, snirt, snite, stein, steng, steri, stern, stine, sting, stire, strew, strig, sweir, swine, swing, swire, terns, tiens, tiers, tiger, tiges, tines, tinge, tings, tires, trews, tries, trigs, trine, trins, tsine, twier, twigs, twine, twins, weirs, wents, winer, wines, wings, wires, wiser, wiste, witen, wites, wrens, wrest, wries, wring, wrist, write, writs

4 Letter Words for Wresting

engr, engs, entr, ergs, erin, eris, erns, erst, ewts, gein, geir, geit, gens, gent, gers, gest, gets, gien, gies, gins, gire, girn, girt, gise, gist, gite, gits, gren, gret, grew, grin, gris, grit, inst, intr, ires, isnt, iter, negs, nest, neti, nets, news, newt, nies, nist, nits, regs, regt, rein, reit, rent, rest, rets, rews, rgen, ries, rigs, rine, ring, rins, rise, rist, rite, rits, seir, seit, sent, serg, sert, sewn, sien, sier, sign, sine, sing, sire, site, snew, snig, snit, steg, sten, ster, stew, stge, stie, stir, stre, swig, tegs, teng, tens, tern, tews, tien, tier, ties, tige, tigs, tine, ting, tins, tire, tres, trew, trie, trig, trin, twie, twig, twin, weir, wens, went, weri, wert, west, wets, wigs, wine, wing, wins, wint, wire, wise, wist, wite, wits, wren, wrig, writ, wrnt

3 Letter Words for Wresting

eir, eng, ens, erg, ern, ers, ert, esr, est, ewt, gen, ger, get, gie, gin, gis, git, gns, grs, gte, ign, ing, ins, int, ire, irs, ise, isn, ist, its, neg, nei, net, new, nie, nig, nis, nit, reg, rei, res, rew, rie, rig, rin, rit, rte, rti, rtw, seg, sei, sen, ser, set, sew, sie, sig, sin, sir, sit, sri, stg, str, teg, ten, ter, tes, tew, tgn, tie, tig, tin, tis, tng, tri, trs, tsi, twi, wen, wer, wet, wig, win, wir, wis, wit

Definitions for Wresting

[1] to twist or turn; pull, jerk, or force by a violent twist.
[2] to take away by force: to wrest a knife from a child.
[3] to get by effort: to wrest a living from the soil.
[4] to twist or turn from the proper course, application, use, meaning, or the like; wrench.
[5] a wresting; twist or wrench.
[6] a key or small wrench for tuning stringed musical instruments, as the harp or piano, by turning the pins to which the strings are fastened.
[7] to take or force away by violent pulling or twisting
[8] to seize forcibly by violent or unlawful means
[9] to obtain by laborious effort
[10] to distort in meaning, purpose, etc
[11] the act or an instance of wresting
[12] archaic a small key used to tune a piano or harp

Words related to Wresting

wrestextort, seize, wring, exact, wrench, usurp, extract, wrestle, force, rend, take, squeeze, falsify

Words nearby Wresting

wrestwren, wren, christopher, wren-tit, wrench, wrens, wrest, wrest pin, wrestle, wrestling, wretch, wretched

Origin of Wresting

before 1000; (v.) Middle English wresten, Old English wrǣstan; cognate with Old Norse reista; akin to wrist; (noun) Middle English: a wresting, derivative of the v.

Words that may be confused with Wresting

WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, wrestrest, wrest

Other words from Wresting

wrest·er , noun
un·wrest·ed , adjective
un·wrest·ing , adjective

Word origin for Wresting

Old English wrǣstan; related to Old Norse reista. See writhe

Synonyms for Wresting

exact, extort, extract, seize, usurp, wrench, wring, falsify, force, rend, squeeze, take, wrestle