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单词 wrackful
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wrackfuladj.1

Forms: Also Middle English wracful, Middle English wrakful, Middle English wrakfulle.
Etymology: < wrack n.1 + -ful suffix.
Obsolete.
Characterized by resentment or anger; vengeful, angry.
ΘΠ
the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > revenge > [adjective]
wrackfulc1230
vengeablec1430
wrakeful?a1505
wreakful1532
vindicativec1550
wreckful1557
vindictive1627
vengeful1649
resentive1736
the mind > emotion > anger > indignation or resentment > [adjective] > characterized by or showing
wrothc1000
highOE
wrackfulc1230
indignant1590
snarling1599
umbrageous1601
indignatorya1624
resenting1634
resentful1656
affronted1663
bridling1673
begrudging1693
wrathy1873
c1230 [see wrackfully adv. at Derivatives].
?a1400 Morte Arth. 3818 He wente at the gayneste, Wondis of thas wedirwyns with wrakfulle dynttys.
c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 541 Suche a wrakful wo for wlatsum dedez Parformed þe hyȝe fader.
c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 302 Now God in nwy to Noe con speke Wylde wrakful wordez.

Derivatives

ˈwrackfully adv. Obsolete vengefully.
ΘΠ
the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > revenge > [adverb]
wrakefullya1225
wrackfullyc1230
vengeably1412
revengefully1579
vengibly1580
revenginglya1616
vindictively1727
avengingly1824
vengefully1830
c1230 Hali Meid. 41 Hwen godd se wracfulliche fordemde his heh engel.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

wrackfuladj.2

Forms: In Middle English wrecful.
Etymology: Old English wræcful , < wræc wrack n.1 + -ful suffix.
Obsolete. rare.
Full of misery; wretched.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > adversity > [adjective] > miserable or wretched
un-i-selieOE
drearyOE
unseelyOE
wretcha1122
usellc1175
unselea1200
wretcheda1200
misease?c1225
un-i-sele?c1250
wanlichec1275
miseasyc1300
wrackfulc1311
unblessed1340
wretchfula1382
wretchedful1382
caitiff1393
loddera1400
unhappena1400
pilledc1400
miserable?c1422
vengeablec1430
unhappyc1440
meschant?1473
miserousc1475
unselc1480
miser1542
forlorn1582
villainous1582
skybala1585
unblestful1608
despicable1635
haveless1868
the mind > emotion > suffering > misery > [adjective] > of conditions or events
wretch1131
wretchedc1200
feeble1297
wrackfulc1311
woefula1393
miserousc1475
miserable?a1513
discomfortablea1535
calamitous1545
tristsum1567
woe1572
untoward1632
c1311 in Wright Pol. Songs (Camden) 256 For wille is red, the lond is wrecful; For wit is qued, the lond is wrongful.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

wrackfuladj.3

Etymology: < wrack n.2 + -ful suffix.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈwrackful.
Now archaic and rare.
1. Causing shipwreck; wreckful.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > travel by water > shipwreck > [adjective] > causing shipwreck
wrackful1558
wreckful1596
wracking1611
naufragous1615
shipwreckinga1616
1558 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Seuen First Bks. Eneidos ii. 64 To Syllas wrackfull shore with shypps approche we nye.
1583 B. Melbancke Philotimus (new ed.) sig. Tiv v That..shears the fruitles sande with wrakfull waues.
1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. ii. 43 To stand still firme against the roaring noise Of wrackfull Neptune.
1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion i. 8 Where, King Latinus lent Safe harbor for his ships, with wrackfull tempests rent.
1623 W. Drummond Flowres of Sion 7 These Lockes of blushing deeds, the gilt attire, Waues curling, wrackefull shelfes to shadow deepe.
1633 T. Bancroft Gluttons Feauer sig. F2v A Vessell, neare some wrackfull strand.
2. Causing destruction or devastation; effecting damage or harm; destructive.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [adjective]
fellc1330
undone1340
ruinous?a1439
violablea1470
perniciousc1475
destructive1490
confusible1502
destroying1535
exitiable1548
ruinate1562
peremptory1567
wrackful1578
slaughterous1582
ruinating1595
ruining1605
corrumpent1607
wracksome1608
in suds1611
destructory1614
poisonousa1616
wrakefulc1625
predatory1626
predatorious1641
demolishing1648
untwined1649
undoing1654
destructionable1656
destructful1659
mortal1670
wreckinga1677
fatal1692
quadrumanous1704
interdestructive1805
annihilatory1825
demolitionary1834
ruinatious1845
consumptive1860
thunderous1874
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > [adjective] > harmful or injurious
litherc893
scathefulc900
orneOE
teenfulOE
atterlichc1050
evilc1175
wicka1250
scathela1300
deringa1325
unkindc1330
harmfula1340
ill1340
wicked1340
shrewdc1380
noisomea1382
venomed1382
noyfulc1384
damageousc1386
infectivea1398
unwholesomea1400
annoying?c1400
mischievous1414
damnablec1420
contagiousc1430
mischievable?a1439
damagefulc1449
damageable1474
unhappy1474
nuisable1483
nocible1490
nuisible1490
nuisant1494
noxiousa1500
nocent?c1500
hurtful1526
sinistral1534
nocive1538
offendent1547
offensivea1548
dangerous1548
naughtya1555
dispendious1557
offensible1575
wrackful1578
baneful1579
hindersome1580
scandalizing1593
damnifiable1604
taking1608
toadish1611
illful1613
nocivousc1616
mischieving1621
nocuous1627
obnoxious1638
nocumentous1644
vicious1656
nocumental1657
abnoxious1680
dungeonable1691
offending1694
hurtsomea1699
nociferous1706
sinister1726
damnific1727
hazardous1748
slaughtering1811
damaging1856
damnous1870
lethal1942
1578 W. Baldwin et al. Last Pt. Mirour for Magistrates (new ed.) 23 b Then my delight was in the diery dent Of wrackful warre.
1594 R. Carew tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne i. 41 Eu'n so the king of streames..Beyond his banckes abroad all wrackfull goes.
1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets lxv. sig. E2v O how shall summers hunny breath hold out, Against the wrackfull siedge of battring dayes? View more context for this quotation
1633 T. Bancroft Gluttons Feauer sig. B6 Cracke all mine arteries with tortures tride, Yet must more stormes, more wrackfull woes abide?
1921 Chambers's Jrnl. Jan. 50/1 A people that..has not had its mind and feelings warped by that wrackful war.
3. Subject to, attended by, injury, harm, etc.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > [adjective]
wrackful1581
weedful1615
the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > [adjective] > affected by
wrongeda1547
wrackful1581
1581 T. Howell His Deuises sig. B.iiij To shunne the sheete of shame, Which had bewrapt her wrackfull blemisht name.
1612 J. Davies Muses Sacrifice in Wks. (Grosart) II. 82/1 This Life, a Way; (a wrackfull way) that Wisedome lothes to proue.
1811 W. Scott Don Roderick Concl. vi. 60 What wanton horrors marked their wrackful path!
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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