† wrungn.
Obsolete. rare.
An affection in horses caused by straining of the withers.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of horses > [noun] > strain of withers
wrung1627
1627 J. Taylor Armado sig. C6v The Blood-shot, the Wrung in the Withers, the straine.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
wrungadj.
/rʌŋ/, U.S. /rəŋ/ 1.
a.
(a) Subjected to wringing, twisting, or squeezing; pressed, squeezed.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > pressing, pressure, or squeezing > [adjective] > pressed or squeezed
wrung1382
impact1563
squeezed1598
squissed1629
squized1632
impacted1683
compressed1846
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Num. xxiv. 10 Balac wrooth aȝen Balaam, with wrongun hoondis seith [etc.].
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. lj The handes of thesayd Hun were wrong in the wristes, wherby we perceyued that his handes had been bounde.
1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Torcifecciole, the dregges of wrung Grapes.
1678 T. Rymer Trag. Last Age 82 The Nurse with wrung hands lies at Phedra's feet.
(b) With out.
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the world > matter > liquid > dryness > [adjective] > dried (up) > having liquid removed by wringing
wrung1976
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > pressing, pressure, or squeezing > [adjective] > pressing to extract something > wrung or squeezed out
wringed1582
tortive1609
expresseda1682
squeezed1880
wrung1976
1976 Times 26 Jan. 12/4 Feeling like 60 wrung-out dishrags we stumbled out.
1979 P. Wallage Restoration Post-War Cars ii. 26/2 Wiping it off with a wrung-out cloth.
b. transferred. Of fabrics: (see quot. 1904).
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [adjective] > other
strait1439
flocked1607
high warp1728
shot1763
wattled1865
double-face1873
starey1884
loopy1902
wrung1902
multi-ply1926
1902 Westm. Gaz. 12 Mar. 2/2 An overdress of green wrung chiffon.
1904 County Gentleman 25 June 1966/3 Wrung muslin is the smartest fabric for tea-gowns... [It] looks as if it had been washed and had been wrung through the hands.
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1475 in C. L. Kingsford Stonor Lett. & Papers (1919) I. 155 ij schorte Wronge Towellys. It[em], ij longe Playne Towellys.
3.
a. That has suffered or undergone distress, grief, or pain; racked, distressed.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > mental anguish or torment > [adjective]
anguishousc1325
wounded1390
cruciate?1504
agoniousa1513
tormented1552
rivena1560
anguished1570
wracked1581
spur-galled1608
excruciatea1615
over-grieved1618
wrung1730
smarting1754
excruciated1792
cardialgic1811
lacerated1849
1730 J. Thomson Winter in Seasons 205 The tender anguish nature shoots Thro' the wrung bosom of the dying man.
1817 T. Moore Lalla Rookh iii. 365 Death had..taken thy wrung spirit home.
1841 G. P. R. James Brigand xxv The refuge of many a wrung and broken heart.
b. Marked by distress, worry, or pain.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > [adjective]
angeredc1275
miseasedc1390
woea1398
forpainedc1400
labouringc1425
passive?a1439
painedc1450
loaden1542
sored1557
stressed1559
pinched1566
grieved1586
suffering1609
heavy-laden1611
undergoinga1616
vulned1628
loaded1661
afflicted1690
sick as a parrot1705
crosseda1732
wrung1862
traumatized1935
fraught1966
1862 Mrs. H. Wood Mrs. Halliburton's Troubles iii. xix His face..wore a wrung expression.
1882 I. Mayo Mrs. Raven's Temptation II. 188 Her nervous and wrung appearance.
c. wrung out: completely exhausted.
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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > [adjective]
wearyc825
asadc1306
ateyntc1325
attaintc1325
recrayed1340
methefula1350
for-wearya1375
matea1375
taintc1380
heavy1382
fortireda1400
methefula1400
afoundered?a1425
tewedc1440
travailedc1440
wearisomec1460
fatigate1471
defatigatec1487
tired1488
recreant1490
yolden?1507
fulyeit?a1513
traiked?a1513
tavert1535
wearied1538
fatigated1552
awearya1555
forwearied1562
overtired1567
spenta1568
done1575
awearied1577
stank1579
languishinga1586
bankrupt?1589
fordone1590
spent1591
overwearied1592
overworn1592
outworn1597
half-dead1601
back-broken1603
tiry1611
defatigated1612
dog-wearya1616
overweary1617
exhaust1621
worn-out1639
embossed1651
outspent1652
exhausted1667
beaten1681
bejaded1687
harassed1693
jaded1693
lassate1694
defeata1732
beat out1758
fagged1764
dog-tired1770
fessive1773
done-up1784
forjeskit1786
ramfeezled1786
done-over1789
fatigued1791
forfoughten1794
worn-up1812
dead1813
out-burnta1821
prostrate1820
dead beat1822
told out1822
bone-tireda1825
traiky1825
overfatigued1834
outwearied1837
done like (a) dinner1838
magged1839
used up1839
tuckered outc1840
drained1855
floored1857
weariful1862
wappered1868
bushed1870
bezzled1875
dead-beaten1875
down1885
tucked up1891
ready (or fit) to drop1892
buggered-up1893
ground-down1897
played1897
veal-bled1899
stove-up1901
trachled1910
ragged1912
beat up1914
done in1917
whacked1919
washy1922
pooped1928
shattered1930
punchy1932
shagged1932
shot1939
whipped1940
buggered1942
flaked (out)1942
fucked1949
sold-out1958
wiped1958
burnt out1959
wrung out1962
juiced1965
hanging1971
zonked1972
maxed1978
raddled1978
zoned1980
cream crackered1983
1962 A. Lurie Love & Friendship iv. 68 Say, you do look kinda peaked... Not real bad, just kinda wrung out.
1975 New Yorker 29 Dec. 15/2 Although she caromed around her office there at enormous speed, she claimed to be ‘wrung out’.
Derivatives
ˈwrungness n.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > [noun]
sorec888
teeneOE
sorrowOE
workOE
wrakeOE
careOE
gramec1000
harmOE
howc1000
trayOE
woweOE
angec1175
derfnessc1175
sytec1175
unwinc1175
wosithc1200
ail?c1225
barrat?c1225
derf?c1225
grief?c1225
misease?c1225
misliking?c1225
ofthinkingc1225
passion?c1225
troublec1230
pinec1275
distress1297
grievancea1300
penancea1300
cumbermentc1300
languorc1300
cumbering1303
were1303
angera1325
strifea1325
sweama1325
woea1325
painc1330
tribulationc1330
illa1340
threst1340
constraintc1374
troublenessc1380
afflictiona1382
bruisinga1382
miseasetya1382
pressurec1384
exercisec1386
miscomfortc1390
mislikea1400
smarta1400
thronga1400
balec1400
painfulnessc1400
troublancec1400
smartness?c1425
painliness1435
perplexity?a1439
penalty?1462
calamity1490
penality1496
cumber?a1513
sussy1513
tribule1513
afflict?1529
vexation of spirit1535
troublesomeness1561
hoe1567
grievedness1571
tribulance1575
languishment1576
thrall1578
tine1590
languorment1593
aggrievedness1594
obturbation1623
afflictedness1646
erumny1657
pathos1684
shock1705
dree1791
vex1815
wrungnessa1875
dukkha1886
thinkache1892
sufferation1976
a1875 J. Hinton in Hopkins Life & Lett. (1878) 273 There are two things awry;..the acting for self (a distinct tension and wrungness); and [etc.].
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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adj.1382