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Traditional English :: wretch
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wreth.html - n.
1 an unfortunate or pitiable person.
2 (often as a playful term of depreciation) a reprehensible or contemptible person. [OE wrecca f. Gmc] |
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Traditional English :: wretched
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wreth.html - adj. (wretcheder, wretchedest) 1 unhappy or miserable. 2 of bad quality or no merit; contemptible. 3 unsatisfactory or displeasing. feel wretched 1 be unwell.
2 be much embarrassed. wretchedly adv. wretchedness n. [ME, irreg. f. WRETCH + -ED(1): cf. WICKED] |
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English Idioms :: wreak havoc with
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wreth.html - {v. phr.} To cause damage; ruin something. * /His rebellious attitude is bound to wreak havoc at the company./ |
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English Idioms :: wrench
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wreth.html - See: THROW A MONKEY WRENCH. |
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Traditional English :: wreak
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wreth.html - v.tr. 1 (usu. foll. by upon) give play or satisfaction to; put in operation (vengeance or one's anger etc.). 2 cause (damage etc.) (the hurricane wreaked havoc on the crops). 3 archaic avenge (a wrong or wronged person). wreaker n. [OE wrecan drive, avenge, etc., f. Gmc: cf. WRACK, WRECK, WRETCH] |
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Traditional English :: wreath
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wreth.html - n. (pl. wreaths) 1 flowers or leaves fastened in a ring esp. as an ornament for a person's head or a building or for laying on a grave etc. as a mark of honour or respect. 2 a a similar ring of soft twisted material such as silk. b Heraldry a representation of this below a crest. 3 a carved representation of a wreath. 4 (foll. by of) a curl or ring of smoke or cloud. 5 a light drifting mass of snow etc. [OE writha f. weak grade of writhan WRITHE] |
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