| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| wrack | noun | A thin, flying cloud; a rack., To rack; to torment., Wreck; ruin; destruction., Any marine vegetation cast up on the shore, especially plants of the genera Fucus, Laminaria, and Zostera, which are most abundant on northern shores., Coarse seaweed of any kind., To wreck. |
| wrapt | of Wrap | |
| wrath | adjective | Violent anger; vehement exasperation; indignation; rage; fury; ire., The effects of anger or indignation; the just punishment of an offense or a crime., See Wroth., To anger; to enrage; — also used impersonally. |
| wrawl | verb i. | To cry, as a cat; to waul. |
| wreak | verb i. | To reck; to care., To revenge; to avenge., To execute in vengeance or passion; to inflict; to hurl or drive; as, to wreak vengeance on an enemy., Revenge; vengeance; furious passion; resentment. |
| wreck | verb t. & noun | See 2d & 3d Wreak., The destruction or injury of a vessel by being cast on shore, or on rocks, or by being disabled or sunk by the force of winds or waves; shipwreck., Destruction or injury of anything, especially by violence; ruin; as, the wreck of a railroad train., The ruins of a ship stranded; a ship dashed against rocks or land, and broken, or otherwise rendered useless, by violence and fracture; as, they burned the wreck., The remain of anything ruined or fatally injured., Goods, etc., which, after a shipwreck, are cast upon the land by the sea., To destroy, disable, or seriously damage, as a vessel, by driving it against the shore or on rocks, by causing it to become unseaworthy, to founder, or the like; to shipwreck., To bring wreck or ruin upon by any kind of violence; to destroy, as a railroad train., To involve in a wreck; hence, to cause to suffer ruin; to balk of success, and bring disaster on., To suffer wreck or ruin., To work upon a wreck, as in saving property or lives, or in plundering. |
| wreke | verb t. | Alt. of Wreeke |
| wrest | verb t. | To turn; to twist; esp., to twist or extort by violence; to pull of force away by, or as if by, violent wringing or twisting., To turn from truth; to twist from its natural or proper use or meaning by violence; to pervert; to distort., To tune with a wrest, or key., The act of wresting; a wrench; a violent twist; hence, distortion; perversion., Active or moving power., A key to tune a stringed instrument of music., A partition in a water wheel, by which the form of the buckets is determined. |
| wrung | imp. & past participle | of Wring, imp. & p. p. of Wring. |
| wring | verb t. | To twist and compress; to turn and strain with violence; to writhe; to squeeze hard; to pinch; as, to wring clothes in washing., Hence, to pain; to distress; to torment; to torture., To distort; to pervert; to wrest., To extract or obtain by twisting and compressing; to squeeze or press (out); hence, to extort; to draw forth by violence, or against resistance or repugnance; — usually with out or form., To subject to extortion; to afflict, or oppress, in order to enforce compliance., To bend or strain out of its position; as, to wring a mast., To writhe; to twist, as with anguish., A writhing, as in anguish; a twisting; a griping. |
| wrist | noun | The joint, or the region of the joint, between the hand and the arm; the carpus. See Carpus., A stud or pin which forms a journal; — also called wrist pin. |
| wrote | imp. | of Write, To root with the snout. See 1st Root., imp. & archaic p. p. of Write. |
| write | verb t. | To set down, as legible characters; to form the conveyance of meaning; to inscribe on any material by a suitable instrument; as, to write the characters called letters; to write figures., To set down for reading; to express in legible or intelligible characters; to inscribe; as, to write a deed; to write a bill of divorcement; hence, specifically, to set down in an epistle; to communicate by letter., Hence, to compose or produce, as an author., To impress durably; to imprint; to engrave; as, truth written on the heart., To make known by writing; to record; to prove by one’s own written testimony; — often used reflexively., To form characters, letters, or figures, as representative of sounds or ideas; to express words and sentences by written signs., To be regularly employed or occupied in writing, copying, or accounting; to act as clerk or amanuensis; as, he writes in one of the public offices., To frame or combine ideas, and express them in written words; to play the author; to recite or relate in books; to compose., To compose or send letters. |
| wrong | imp. of Wring. Wrung., Twisted; wry; as, a wrong nose., Not according to the laws of good morals, whether divine or human; not suitable to the highest and best end; not morally right; deviating from rectitude or duty; not just or equitable; not true; not legal; as, a wrong practice; wrong ideas; wrong inclinations and desires., Not fit or suitable to an end or object; not appropriate for an intended use; not according to rule; unsuitable; improper; incorrect; as, to hold a book with the wrong end uppermost; to take the wrong way., Not according to truth; not conforming to fact or intent; not right; mistaken; erroneous; as, a wrong statement., Designed to be worn or placed inward; as, the wrong side of a garment or of a piece of cloth., In a wrong manner; not rightly; amiss; morally ill; erroneously; wrongly., That which is not right., Nonconformity or disobedience to lawful authority, divine or human; deviation from duty; — the opposite of moral right., Deviation or departure from truth or fact; state of falsity; error; as, to be in the wrong., Whatever deviates from moral rectitude; usually, an act that involves evil consequences, as one which inflicts injury on a person; any injury done to, or received from; another; a trespass; a violation of right., To treat with injustice; to deprive of some right, or to withhold some act of justice from; to do undeserved harm to; to deal unjustly with; to injure., To impute evil to unjustly; as, if you suppose me capable of a base act, you wrong me. | |
| wroot | imp. of Write. Wrote. | |
| wroth | adjective | Full of wrath; angry; incensed; much exasperated; wrathful. |
| wried | imp. & past participle | of Wry |