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wreakful

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Vengeful; angry, furious.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete, poetic

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Synonyms: furious, vindictive, agitated, angry, annoyed, apoplectic, bad-tempered, berserk, big mad, blood-boiling, boiling mad, butthurt, cheesed off, choleric, cranky, cross, enraged, fit to be tied, frustrated, fuming, furibund, fury, glimflashy, grim, hopping mad, ill-natured, incensed, infuriated, irate, ireful, ired, irritated, little mad, livid, mad, mad as a bear with a sore head, miffed, offended, pathetic, pissed off, p'd off, pissed, pissy, raging, ready to be tied, screwfaced, seething, spitting chips, splenetic, sore, steaming, up on one's ear, upset, vexed, waxy, wode, wrathful, wroth, zowerswopped, avengeful, pluckcrow, revengeful, vengeable, vengeful, vengesome, vindical, wreakful

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English wrakeful, equivalent to wreak + -ful.