wreakful en · ADJ
Etymology
From Middle English wrakeful, equivalent to wreak + -ful.
Meanings
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(obsolete, poetic) 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:Unpropp'd, unsuccoured by stake or tree, / From wreakful storms' impetuous tyranny, [...]
1842, Thomas Miller, Rural Sketches:He sinks, to every wreakful fiend a prey; / His bosom shut to each affection kind; …
1802, The Spirit of Anti-Jacobinism
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more wreakful | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| wreckful | alternative | lexicographic | |
| wreakfull | alternative | lexicographic | |
| most wreakful | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
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Synonyms
cranky · furibund · cross · vindical · mad · upset · avengeful · fury · ill-natured · annoyed · furious · glimflashy · sore · blood-boiling · vengesome · p'd off · angry · boiling mad · berserk · vexed · vindictive · pissed off · pathetic · enraged · steaming · ireful · revengeful · big mad · miffed · zowerswopped · choleric · screwfaced · furious · agitated · little mad · offended · pluckcrow · wroth · fuming · irritated · cheesed off · splenetic · incensed · ired · wode · wrathful · bad-tempered · vindictive · livid · butthurt · up on one's ear · pissed · infuriated · vengeful · irate · hopping mad · seething · pissy · raging · waxy · apoplectic · vengeable · wreakful · hot · mad as a bear with a sore head · ready to be tied · grim · frustrated · spitting chips · fit to be tied