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wrenchful

wrenchful adjective: causing great pain, suffering, or agony; painful.

Adjective

wrenchful (comparative more wrenchful, superlative most wrenchful)

  1. (rare) Causing great pain, suffering, or agony; painful
    • However, recommendation is often as effective as charity, of which it is a minor form, neither so rare nor wrenchful, nor so perturbing for both parties.1899, The English Illustrated Magazine

Forms of wrenchful

comparativemore wrenchful
superlativemost wrenchful

Origin of wrenchful

From wrench (verb) + -ful. Compare Middle English wrenchful (“crafty, deceitful”).

Questions about wrenchful

What does wrenchful mean?
Wrenchful means causing great pain, suffering, or agony; painful.
What part of speech is wrenchful?
Wrenchful is an adjective.

Words near wrenchful in the dictionary

  1. wrencher
  2. wrenchers
  3. wrenches
  4. wrenches in the works
  5. wrencheth
  6. wrenchful
  7. wrenching
  8. wrenchingly
  9. wrenchings
  10. wrenchlike
  11. wrenchman

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