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- [reek]
- /rik/
- /riːk/
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- [reek]
- /rik/
Definitions of wreaked word
- verb with object wreaked to inflict or execute (punishment, vengeance, etc.): They wreaked havoc on the enemy. 1
- verb with object wreaked to carry out the promptings of (one's rage, ill humor, will, desire, etc.), as on a victim or object: He wreaked his anger on the office staff. 1
- noun wreaked Simple past tense and past participle of wreak. 1
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Origin of wreaked
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English wreken, Old English wrecan; cognate with German rächen to avenge, Old Norse reka to drive, avenge, Gothic wrikan to persecute; akin to Latin urgēre to drive, push
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Parts of speech for Wreaked
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
wreaked popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 85% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
According to our data about 50% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
Synonyms for wreaked
verb wreaked
- caused — a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect: You have been the cause of much anxiety. What was the cause of the accident?
- inflicted — to impose as something that must be borne or suffered: to inflict punishment.
- created — to cause to come into being, as something unique that would not naturally evolve or that is not made by ordinary processes.
- did — Did is the past tense of do1.
- forced — strained, unnatural, or affected: a forced smile.
Antonyms for wreaked
verb wreaked
- destroyed — to reduce (an object) to useless fragments, a useless form, or remains, as by rending, burning, or dissolving; injure beyond repair or renewal; demolish; ruin; annihilate.
- failed — unsuccessful; failed: a totally fail policy.
- forgot — a simple past tense and past participle of forget.
- ignored — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
- neglected — to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.
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