wreakful
wreakful adjective: vengeful; angry, furious.
Adjective
wreakful (comparative more wreakful, superlative most wreakful)
- Vengeful; angry, furious.
- Ne any liv'd on ground that durst withstand / His dreadfull heast, much lesse him match in fight, / Or bide the horror of his wreakfull hand […].1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
- He sinks, to every wreakful fiend a prey; / His bosom shut to each affection kind; …1802, The Spirit of Anti-Jacobinism
- Synonyms:
- furious, vindictive, agitated, angry, annoyed, apoplectic, bad-tempered, berserk, big mad, blood-boiling
Synonyms of wreakful
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Forms of wreakful
| comparative | more wreakful |
|---|---|
| superlative | most wreakful |
| alternative form | wreakfull |
| alternative form | wreckful |
Origin of wreakful
From Middle English wrakeful, equivalent to wreak + -ful.
Words formed from wreakful
- wreakfully
Questions about wreakful
- What does wreakful mean?
- Wreakful means vengeful; angry, furious.
- What part of speech is wreakful?
- Wreakful is an adjective.
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