wreak

Betekenis (Engels)

Verb

1. To cause harm; to afflict; to inflict; to harm or injure; to let out harm.
2. To chasten, or chastise/chastize, or castigate, or punish, or smite.
3. To inflict or take vengeance on.
4. To take vengeance for.
5. Misspelling of reek.

Noun

1. Revenge; vengeance; furious passion; resentment.
2. Punishment; retribution; payback.

Sinonieme

inflict

cause

give rise to

play

pose

bring

provoke

do

result in

cause to take place

make for

work

stage

hold

organize

fix

force

generate

get

give

have

implement

impose

induce

manufacture

move

necessitate

output

pall

pay

💸

perform

perpetrate

persuade

procure

produce

provide

purvey

put out

put through

realise

reprisal

retaliation

retribution

return

revenge

seize

set

settle

set up

supply

take

talion

talk round

transact

turn out

utter

vengeance

yield

act as agent

act as go-between

ultion

revengement

avenge

self-redress

bear

🐻

bring out

bring round

carry

carry out

decide

deliver

derive

determine

enact

enforce

execute

fetch

fine

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ɹiːk/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: wreken

Geërf van Old English: wrecan

Verwante met Nederlands: wreken

Verwante met Duits: rächen

Verwante met Sweeds: vräka

Verwante met Latyn: urgeō

Verwante met Engels: urge

Verwante met Engels: wreck

Geërf van Middle English: wreke

Verwante met Nederlands: wraak

In summary

From Middle English wreken, from Old English wrecan, from Proto-West Germanic *wrekan, from Proto-Germanic *wrekaną, from Proto-Indo-European *wreg- (“push, shove, drive, track down”). Cognate via Proto-Germanic with Dutch wreken, German rächen, Swedish vräka; cognate via PIE with Latin urgēre (English urge), and distantly cognate with English wreck.