wroken
US/ˈɹəʊkən/
wroken is the past participle of wreak.
Meaning of wreak
Verb
wreak (third-person singular simple present wreaks, present participle wreaking, simple past wreaked or (nonstandard) wrought or (obsolete) wroke, past participle wreaked or (nonstandard) wrought or (obsolete) wroke or (obsolete) wroken)
- To cause harm; to afflict; to inflict; to harm or injure; to let out harm.
- The earthquake wreaked havoc in the city.
- To chasten, or chastise/chastize, or castigate, or punish, or smite.
- The police abused their authority to wreak an innocent.
- To inflict or take vengeance on.
- their woe / Broods maddening inwardly and scorns to wreak / Itself abroad;1874, James Thomson, The City of Dreadful Night
- To take vengeance for.
- Come wreak his loss, whom bootless ye complain.1600, [Torquato Tasso], “(please specify |book=1 to 20)”, in Edward Fairefax [i.e., Edward Fairfax], transl., Godfrey of Bulloigne, or The Recouerie of Ierusalem. […], London: […] Ar[nold] Hatfield...
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Questions about wroken
- What is wroken the past participle of?
- Wroken is the past participle of wreak.
- How do you pronounce wroken?
- Wroken is pronounced /ˈɹəʊkən/ (US).
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