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
