wrung

Verb

• twist and press out of shape
• twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish
• obtain by coercion or intimidation
• twist, squeeze, or compress in order to extract liquid
• simple past and past participle of wring

General

• The past tense and past participle form of the verb 'wring'.

Examples

• He had wrung every possible point from his difficult rack of letters.

Synonyms

contort, deform, distort, extort, gouge, rack, squeeze, wrench, wring