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WORTHWHILE - nouns
• FART something important or worthwhile ...1970s sl.
worthwhile - phrases
• NO BATTLE not worthwhile ...c1870 printers' sl.
WORTHY - adjectives
• BRAW worthy, excellent; very good, surpassing in any respect ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CANNY agreeable to the eyes or perception, tidy, seemly, comely; good, worthy; very satisfactory ...1802 Sc.
• DEAR † of persons: glorious, noble, honourable, worthy ...a1000
• DEARWORTH † worthy, honourable, noble, glorious ...c1175
• DEARWORTHY † worthy, honourable, noble, glorious ...c1374
• DENTY pleasant, agreeable; worthy, excellent; fine, handsome; plump and thriving, as regarding a child ...a1698 Sc.
• DERWORTH † worthy, honourable, noble, glorious ...c1175
• DERWORTHY † worthy, honourable, noble, glorious ...c1374
• DIGNOUS † worthy, honourable ...1630
• EVERYDAY special; worthy of continual attention ...1972 Amer. dial.
• GELLY worthy, pompous, well-conditioned ...c1560 Sc.
• JELLY * good, worthy, excellent; having a high opinion of oneself; proud, haughty ...c1560-73 Sc.
• KEEP-WORTHY worth keeping; worthy of being kept ...1830
• MARKWORTHY worthy of note ...1827
• PAINSWORTHY * worthy of trouble; worth taking pains about ...1650
• TIDY † of good character or ability; worthy, brave; able, skilful ...c1350
• WORTH ONE'S SALT efficient; worthy of one's pay
worthy - nouns
• GREAT AND THE GOOD, THE worthy people; frequently ironic
• MARKER something worthy to be compared ...1895 sl.
worthy - verbs
• BETEEM † to think a person worthy, to admit the worth of ...1627
• BE WORTH ONE'S CORN to be worth one's wages, one's keep ...M19 colloq., orig. farmers'
WOUND - adjectives
• ANGRY of a wound or sore: inflamed, red ...1884 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• BONNY of a wound: healthy ...Bk1911 Sc.
• ELDRITCH † of a sore or wound: painful, fretted ...1808 Sc.
• RANCOROUS † of a wound or sore: festering, inflamed, full of corruption, suppurating ...1660
wound - nouns
• ARR a scar or mark left by a wound ...1781 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ASSHOLE a bullet wound; a serious wound ...1968 Amer. sl., esp. military
• BACON scabby biking wounds ...Bk2009 mountain biking sl.
• BATTERY † a mark of beating; a wound or bruise ...1592
• BLANE the mark left by a wound ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLIGHTY a wound sufficiently serious to warrant return to Britain ...1916 Brit. sl.
• BLIGHTY ONE a wound sufficiently serious to warrant return to Britain ...1916 Brit. sl.
• CARF † cutting, a cut, an incision; a wound ...a1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• DAISY-PUSHER a fatal wound ...1916 army sl.
• DAYLIGHT a hole, esp. a fatal wound, made by a sword, a knife, or a bullet ...1774 sl.
• DOZZLE a plug of lint or rag for stopping a wound ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GAG a cut or crack in the hands; a deep cut or wound ...Bk1900 Sc.
• GAGGER a deep, ragged cut or wound ...1866 Sc.
• GAIG a deep, ragged cut or wound ...1866 Sc.
• GANCH a gash or wound made by a boar's tusk ...1818 arch.
• GAP † a gash or wound in the body ...a1500
• GAUNCH a gash or wound made by a boar's tusk ...1818 arch.
• GEG a cut or crack in the hands; a deep cut or wound ...1825 Sc.
• GUT SHOT a bullet wound in the stomach, painful and often fatal ...1992 US sl.
• GUT-WINDER a bullet wound in the abdomen ...1865 Amer. sl.
• HOMER a wound sufficiently serious to warrant repatriation ...1942 Aust. & NZ sl.
• LEADEN TONIC a serious, esp. fatal, bullet wound ...1882 Amer. West jocular
• LEAD POISONING a serious, esp. fatal, bullet wound ...1883 Amer. jocular
• LESURE † hurt, injury, wound ...c1420
• LOUD ONE a severe wound ...WWI army sl.
• MEAT SHOT a bullet wound in a muscle, not involving a bone or organ damage ...1992 US sl.
• PACKET a wound ...1910s sl., orig. military
• QUITTER † pus; suppurating matter; a purulent discharge from a wound or sore ...1297
• QUITTOR † pus; suppurating matter; a purulent discharge from a wound or sore ...1297
• RANCH * a scratch; a flesh wound ...1611
• RANGLE a wound, fester; a wearisome, rankling pain ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• RASPBERRY a bloody wound ...1980s US college sl.
• RUNNING † a sore or wound that discharges pus ...c1384
• SAIR a sore; a wound, a bruise ...1768 Sc.
• SCORE a scar or mark left by a wound, a weal ...1966 Sc.
• SCRAT a scratch; a very slight wound; a scratching noise ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SKIN COMPLAINT a bullet wound ...1982 US sl.
• VENOM the discharge from a sore or wound ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VENUE † a thrust or hit in fencing; a stroke or wound with a weapon ...1591
• VENY † a hit or thrust in fencing; a wound or blow ...1578 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
wound - verbs
• ANGER of a wound: to inflame, to irritate ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• BEWOUND † to cover or afflict with wounds ...1567
• CONTRUCIDATE † to wound, murder, or kill; to assassinate ...1656
• DING to wound ...1968 US sl.
• FAKE to shoot, to wound, to hit or cut; to poison ...E19 sl.
• FAKE ONESELF to inflict wounds or others disfigure oneself for a criminal purpose ...19C sl.
• FEATHER † to decorate a person with the projecting feather of an arrow; hence, to pierce, to wound ...1415
• GAGGER to cut or wound deeply with the idea of a ragged edge; to cause to project, swell up ...Bk1900 Sc.
• GAIG to cut or wound deeply, with the idea of a ragged edge ...1866 Sc.
• GAPE of wounds, material objects, etc.: to split, to crack, to part asunder ...1577
• GILVER to ache, to throb (said of the head in a headache, of a wound, etc. - not of the heart or pulse) ...1830 Eng. dial.
• HARROW to tear, to lacerate, to wound physically ...1633
• HEAD UP of a wound: to suppurate, to come to a head ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• KNOCK KOO-KOO to render unconscious; to mortally wound; to kill ...Amer. World War I sl.
• LAUNCH † to pierce, to wound; to cut, to slit; to make a wound by piercing ...c1400
• MAKE THE FUR FLY to claw; to scratch, to wound severely ...1848 sl.
• MARTYR † to inflict wounds or disfiguring blows upon; to mutilate; also, to disfigure the face with weeping ...1590
• MARTYRIZE † to disfigure or mutilate by the infliction of wounds or blows ...1635
• NOTCH to wound ...1991 US Vietnam war usage
• OFFEND † to strike so as to hurt; to wound, to hurt; to give physical pain to; to harm, to injure ...c1385
• PANCH to prick and work a wound to extract matter, or any foreign substance, such as a bullet or prickle ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PIP to hit or wound with a shot from a gun ...1900 orig. military usage
• SAUCIATE †* to wound, to hurt, to cut ...1656
• VULNERATE † to wound; to hurt ...1599
• WING to shoot but not kill; to wound ...E19 US sl.
WOUNDED - adjectives
• CLICKED IT got killed; was wounded ...Amer. World War I sl.
• CUTTED † wounded, mutilated, etc. by cutting; castrate; carved, sculptured, engraved ...1438 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• LEAD POISONED wounded by a bullet ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PIPPED wounded by a bullet ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SAUCIATE † wounded, hurt ...1509
• WINGED slightly wounded ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
wounded - person
• TRAIN WRECK a horribly wounded soldier or casualty department patient ...1978 US sl., orig. Vietnam medical corpsmen usage
• UNFINISHED BUSINESS a wounded rival, or a prospective gang victim, not yet killed ...1931 US criminals sl.
wounded - verbs
• GET A PACKET to be killed or wounded; to get into trouble ...1930s sl.
• HAVE A PACKET to be killed or wounded; to get into trouble ...1930s sl.
WOUNDING - nouns
• SAUCIATION †* a wounding ...1658
WRAITH - nouns
• BARGHEST a ghost, wraith, or hobgoblin ...1788 Eng. dial.
• WAFF an apparition, a wraith, a ghost; the vision of a dead or absent person ...1705 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• WAFT a wraith; a supernatural appearance of one whose death is imminent ...1891 Eng. dial.
WRANGLE, WRANGLING - adjectives
• ALTERCATIVE † characterized by disputing or wrangling ...M18
• BICKERING wrangling, contentious ...1807
• CAMPING † wrangling, contentious, scolding ...1642
• CANGLING quarrelsome, wrangling ...1895 Sc.
• CONVICIATORY † wrangling, railing; reproachful, abusive ...1611
• JARRING quarrelling, disputing, wrangling ...1628
• TOILOUS †* contentious, disputatious, wrangling, argumentative ...c1430
wrangle, wrangling - adverbs
• DEBATEFULLY † with much wrangling, contentiously ...1611
wrangle, wrangling - nouns
• ARGIE-BARGIEMENT a wrangling; contention ...Bk1911 Sc.
• ARGLE-BARGLE a disputatious argument; a bandying of words, a wrangling ...a1881 chiefly Eng. dialect and Sc.
• ARGY-BARGY an argument, wrangling ...1887 orig. Sc.
• BARGAINING † wrangling, contest, struggle, fighting ...1375 Sc.
• BICKERING wrangling, altercation ...1573
• BICKERMENT quarrelling, wrangling, altercation, contention, strife, conflict ...1682
• BRABBLE a paltry altercation, a noisy quarrel, a wrangle ...1566
• BRIBBLE-BRABBLE † vain chatter or wrangling; quarrelling ...?1868
• CABBY-LAB altercation, wrangling; confused speaking, many persons talking at the same time ...1864 Sc.
• CABBY-LABBY altercation, wrangling; confused speaking, many persons talking at the same time ...1794 Sc.
• COLLIEBUCTION a noisy squabble, a disturbance, a wrangle ...1864 Sc.
• DABBER wrangling, quarreling ...1866 Sc.
• DACKER a noisy, wrangling dispute ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DACKLE a wrangle; a disturbance ...1923 Sc.
• DEBATE strife, contention, dissension, quarrelling, wrangling; a quarrel ...a1300 arch.
• DIBBER-DABBER an uproar, accompanied with violence; a wrangle ...Bk1900 Sc.
• DIBBLE-DABBLE an uproar, accompanied with violence; a wrangle ...Bk1900 Sc.
• DIFFERING wrangling, quarrelling ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FRABBLE †* confused wrangling ...1685
• FRATCH a disagreement, a quarrel, a dispute, a wrangle, brawl, a scolding match ...18C chiefly Eng. dial.
• JANGLERY † idle talk, babbling; wrangling ...c1374
• JARRING quarrelling, disputing, wrangling ...1574
• KABBIE-LABBY an altercation, wrangle, argument, dispute; confused talk ...Bk1902 Sc.
• KEBBIE-LEBBIE an altercation, especially as carried on by a number of persons speaking at one time; a wrangling, a quarrelling ...1794 Sc.
• NABBLE an argument, quarrel, wrangle ...1876 Eng. dial.
• NARG continual grumbling, importuning, or fault-finding; peevish wrangling ...1866 Sc.
• RABBLE a wrangle, quarrel, dispute ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• RAGGLE a wrangle, a dispute, an argument ...1866 Sc.
• RALLY an angry scolding; a wrangling ...Bk1905 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SCASHLE a squabble, a wrangle; a scuffle ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SKASHLE a squabble, a wrangle; a scuffle ...Bk1904 Sc.
• TIPPET-SCUFFLE † an ecclesiastical wrangle ...1641
• WHITTLE WHANGING wrangling ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• YABBLE wrangling, altercation ...1866 Sc.
• YABBLIN wrangling, altercating ...1866 Sc.
• YED contention, wrangling; strife ...1719 Sc.
wrangle, wrangling - person (includes WRANGLER)
• BARGAINER † a quarreller, a wrangler, a bully ...c1500 Sc.
• BARRETER † a common wrangler or quarreller; one that is ever suing and molesting others without cause ...Bk1719
• BRANGLER a quarrelsome, wrangling person ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CANGLER a wrangler; a quarrelsome disputant ...1730 Sc.
• HAFTER † a caviller, a wrangler, a haggler, a dodger ...1519
• RACKABITE a wrangling, tyrannical person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
wrangle, wrangling - verbs
• ARGUE-BARGUE to argue, to wrangle ...1887 orig. Sc.
• ARGUFY to argue, dispute, wrangle ...1804 colloq.
• ARGY-BARGY to argue, to wrangle ...1887 orig. Sc.
• BACK-JAW to use abusive language towards; to wrangle ...1866 Sc.
• BARGLE vb. to bandy words, to wrangle, to carry on a useless controversy ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BICKER to dispute, to quarrel, to wrangle ...a1450
• BRABBLE † to quarrel about trifles, to quarrel noisily, to brawl, to squabble, to wrangle ...c1530 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• CABBLE to dispute violently, to quarrel, to wrangle ...19C Sc.
• CABBY-LABBY to altercate, to wrangle ...1808 Sc.
• CAFFLE to cavil, to quarrel, to wrangle ...1886 Eng. dial.
• CALLET to scold, to rail, to wrangle, to grumble ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CAMP † to wrangle, to scold ...1606 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• CAMPLE † to scold, bully; to retort, answer pertly; to argue or contend saucily; to wrangle or quarrel; to be sulky or cross ...1621 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• CANGLE to dispute acrimoniously; to wrangle ...1619 Sc.
• CATTERBATTER to wrangle good-humouredly ...19C Sc.
• CHOP LOGIC to wrangle pedantically ...Bk1999
• DABBER to quarrel, to wrangle ...1825 Sc.
• DABBLE to wrangle, to quarrel ...1869 Sc.
• DACKER to wrangle ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DAUBLE to wrangle, to quarrel ...1869 Sc.
• DEBATE † to fight, to contend, to strive, to quarrel, to wrangle ...c1340 obs.
• DIBBER-DABBER to wrangle ...Bk1900 Sc.
• DIBBLE-DABBLE to wrangle ...Bk1900 Sc.
• DIFFER to quarrel, to wrangle; to disagree ...1849 Eng. dial.
• EAGGLE-BAGGLE † to wrangle, to argue persistently ...1721 Sc.
• EAGGLE-BARGIN † to wrangle, to argue persistently ...1721 Sc.
• FRABBLE * to bicker, wrangle ...1885
• FRAPLE † to dispute, to wrangle, to bluster ...a1595
• FRATCH to disagree, to quarrel, to dispute; to wrangle; to scold, to find fault with ...1714 chiefly Eng. dial.
• GABBLE to scold in an ill-natured way; to wrangle, to be querulous ...Bk1900 Sc.
• HABBLE to quarrel, to wrangle ...1808 Sc.
• HAGGLE-BARGAIN to argue, to wrangle over the price of anything ...1898 Sc.
• HASSLE to quarrel or wrangle over something ...M20 colloq.
• JANGLE to speak angrily, harshly, or discordantly; to grumble, to murmur, to contend, to dispute, to wrangle, to squabble ...a1300 arch.
• JAR to quarrel; to argue, to dispute, to bicker, to wrangle ...1550
• JAVEL to wrangle, to dispute, to quarrel ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• KABBIE-LABBY to argue, to dispute, to wrangle ...1898 Sc.
• KEBBIE-LEBBIE to altercate, to wrangle; to quarrel ...18C Sc.
• PULL CAPS to wrangle in an unseemly way; to scuffle, to quarrel; said only of women ...1763 colloq.
• RABBLE to wrangle ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• RAFFLE †* to quarrel, to wrangle ...c1750
• RAG to wrangle over a subject. to argue, to dispute ...1889 Eng. dial. & sl.
• RAGGLE to argue, to wrangle, to dispute, to bicker, to banter ...1866 Sc.
• SCABBLE † to squabble, to quarrel, to wrangle acrimoniously ...1804 Sc.
• SCASH to wrangle ...1801 Sc.
• SCASHIE to wrangle, to squabble ...1898 Sc.
• SCASHLE to quarrel, to squabble, to wrangle ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCASS to wrangle ...1801 Sc.
• SCRAFFLE to quarrel, to wrangle, to dispute ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SKASHIE to wrangle, to squabble ...1898 Sc.
• SKASHLE to quarrel, to squabble, to wrangle ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SKRAFFLE to quarrel, to wrangle, to dispute ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• THREAP to argue, to dispute; to wrangle, to quarrel, to contend ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• WARBLE †* to quarrel, to wrangle ...1600
• YADDLE † to contend, to wrangle ...1825 Sc.
• YAGGAZ to wrangle, to quarrel ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YAGGLE to quarrel, wrangle, bicker ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• YARG to talk incessantly; to argue doggedly and tiresomely; to carp, to wrangle, to criticize ...a1838 Sc.
• YED to contend, to wrangle ...1570 Sc.
WRAP - nouns
• HAP a covering or wrap of any kind; a coverlet, a rug; a thick outer garment, dress, clothing ...1724 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
wrap - verbs
• BECLIP to wrap round, to enclose, to encircle, to surround ...c1000 arch.
• BEFOLD to fold up, to enfold, to wrap up, to envelop ...a1000
• BEMUFFLE to wrap, to envelop ...1583
• BEWRAP to wrap up, clothe, cover, envelop ...c1225
• HEAL to cover; to wrap up, to tuck up the bed-clothes ...1695 Eng. dial.
• LAP to wrap, to enfold, to make into a parcel ...1880 Sc.
• OBVELE †* to wrap up, to veil, to cover ...1654
• OBVOLVE * to wrap round, to muffle up; to disguise ...1623
• PULL CAPS to quarrel, to wrangle, to struggle together ...1763 colloq.
• SCARF † to wrap, to envelop ...1812 Sc.
• UMBLAY † to wrap round ...a1300
• UMCAST to bind, to wrap round ...1887 Sc.
• WADDLE to wrap up clumsily; to swaddle; to entwine ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WALLOP to wrap up, esp. to wrap up hastily and clumsily ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WAP † to wrap, to envelop; also, to wrap a covering about something ...c1375
WRAPPED - adjectives
• HAPPED covered or wrapped up with wrappings or clothes ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
wrapped - person
• TUZZY-MUZZY a person much wrapped up ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
WRAPPER - nouns
• TOILET † a piece of stuff used as a wrapper for clothes ...1540
WRAPPING - adjectives
• OBVOLVENT wrapping or folding round ...1857
wrapping - nouns
• FARDEL † that in which something is wrapped; a wrapping, a wrapper ...1388
• HAPPING a covering, a wrapping, a coverlet ...1801 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• LAP a wrapping round, a fold or coil ...1880 Sc.
• TETHERMENT a wrapping or bandage of any kind ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
WRAPPING PAPER - nouns
• LAPPING PAPER wrapping paper ...1795 Sc.
WRATH, WRATHFUL - adjectives
• IRACUND inclined to wrath; prone to anger; passionate, irascible, irritable ...1821
• IROUS † wrathful, angry, enraged, raging ...a1300
• JEALOUS †* wrathful, furious, angry ...1382
• RANTY-TANTY very angry, wrathful; in a violent passion ...1846 Eng. dial.
• TEENFUL wrathful; troublesome, vexatious ...1861 Sc.
• WACKER angry, wrathful ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WRAW † angry, wrathful, vexed, fierce; characterized by anger or ire ...c1205 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
wrath, wrathful - nouns
• GRAME † anger, wrath, ire ...c1000
• IRE a passion, a fit of wrath ...1898 Sc.
• JEALOUSY † zeal or vehemence of feeling against some person or thing; anger, wrath, indignation ...c1400
• TEEN wrath, anger, rage; vexation; revenge ...1721 Sc. & Eng. dial.
wrath - verbs
• ACHAFE † to heat, to warm; fig. to kindle anyone's wrath; to heat with passion; to chafe ...c1325
WREATH - nouns
• WHIP † a wreath, a garland ...1513 Sc.
WRECK - nouns
• BAGWESH wreck, ruin, bankruptcy ...1881 Eng. dial.
• CRACK-UP an accident; a wreck ...Bk2006 US sl.
wreck - verbs
• BODGE (UP) to ruin; to wreck ...Aust. sl.
• BUST-UP an explosion; hence, a wreck, break-up, etc ...1842 US sl.
• CRACK UP to wreck ...US Civil War usage
• GUM THE GAME to interfere with the smooth running of something; to spoil, to wreck ...1915
• GUM THE WORKS to interfere with the smooth running of something; to spoil, to wreck ...1932
• GUM UP to ruin, to spoil, to throw into confusion; to wreck ...1890 Amer. sl.
• MALAFOOSTER to destroy, to wreck, to ruin ...1950 Sc.
• NAUFRAGATE †* to wreck ...1686
• PAGGER to break or smash; to wreck ...1979 UK market traders' usage
• RACK UP to damage; to wreck; to harm ...1950s US sl.
• RAG to wreck, to make a mess of ...1904 school sl.
• RAMSHACK to wreck; to put out of shape or order ...1964 Amer. dial.
• RAMSHACKLE to throw into confusion; to reduce to a state of disorder, to wreck ...1825 Sc.
• SHAMBLE to wreck, to devastate, to make a shambles of ...M20 US
• TEAR UP to break, to damage, to wreck ...1939 Amer. dial.
WRECKAGE - nouns
• LAGAN goods or wreckage lying on the bed of the sea ...1531 Law term
WRECKED - adjectives
• AWRACK wrecked; ruined ...1627
• CACTUS ruined, useless, wrecked ...1945 Aust. sl.
• SHAMBLED wrecked, made a shambles of ...M20 US
WRECKING - nouns
• RACKING † wrecking, destruction ...1689
WREN - nouns
• CHITTY the wren ...1785 Eng. dial.
• CUTTY the wren ...1776 Eng. dial.
• CUTTY-QUEAN the wren ...1776 Eng. dial.
• DICKY the wren, Troglodytes parvulus ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DICKY-PUG the wren, Troglodytes vulgaris ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• JENNY WREN the wren ...1648
• KATIE the wren, Nannus troglodytes ...1889 Sc.
• KITTY WREN the wren ...1648
• LADY'S O' HEAVEN'S HEN the wren, Troglodytes parvulus ...1895 Sc.
• NANNY-FODGER the wren, Troglodytes parvulus ... Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NANNY-FUDGER the wren, Troglodytes parvulus ... Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NUNNY-FUDGER the wren, Troglodytes vulgaris ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• OOIT the wren, Troglodytes troglodytes ...1964 Sc.
• SALLY the wren, Troglodytes parvulus ...1885 Ireland
• TINTIE the wren, Troglodytes parvulus ...1885 Eng. dial.
WRENCH - nouns
• RACK a sprain, wrench, dislocation ...1761 Sc.
• RAMP a severe wrench; a sprain ...1783 Eng. dial.
• RAX a strain; a sprain; a wrench of a limb or a muscle ...1895 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RICK a sprain, strain, wrench ...1852 Eng. dial.
• SCASH a twist, a wrench; a turning to one side ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCASHLE a twist, a wrench; a turning to one side ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCASS a twist, a wrench; a turning to one side ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SIDE-STEP a false step wrenching the limb ...1882 Sc.
• SKASHLE a twist, a wrench; a turning to one side ...Bk1904 Sc.
• THROW a twist, a wrench, a sprain; the act of twisting or wriggling; a turn of the hand ...1785 Sc.
• YANK a tug, a pull, a wrench ...E19 sl.
wrench - verbs
• GAG to strain or wrench a limb or joint ...1870 Eng. dial.
• RACK to wrench, to sprain, to dislocate, to twist ...1761 Sc.
• RICK to sprain, to strain, to twist, to wrench ...1809 Eng. dial.
• THROW to twist; to wreath, to wind; to wrench, to sprain; to wring the neck; to turn a key; to torture, esp. by twisting a cord round the head ...1641 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YARK to jerk; to seize or pull forcibly; to snatch, to wrench, to force ...1811 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YERK, YIRK to jerk; to seize or pull forcibly; to snatch, to wrench, to force ...1811 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
WRENCH (tool) - nouns
• PAIR OF FOOTPRINTS a pipe-wrench ...1930s Aust. sl.
WRENCHED - adjectives
• RAXED of a limb: wrenched ...1898 Sc.
WRESTLE, WRESTLING - adjectives
• PAL(A)ESTRAL pert. to wrestling or athletics; athletic ...c1374
• PAL(A)ESTRIAN pert. to wrestling or athletics; athletic ...1828
• PAL(A)ESTRIC pert. to wrestling or athletics; athletic ...1774
• PAL(A)ESTRICAL † pert. to wrestling or athletics; athletic ...1579
wrestle, wrestling - nouns
• BRASTLE a push; an encounter; a wrestle ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BREEK-BANDIT a wrestling match ...Bk1911 Sc.
• FAIR-FA' a wrestling match ...Bk1900 Sc.
• FLYING MARE a wrestling throw in which a wrestler seizes his opponent's arm or head and turns to throw him over his shoulder
• GUZZLER a strangle-hold, esp. in wrestling ...1972 Amer. sl.
• LIFE, THE the business and lifestyle of professional wrestling ...1999 US sl.
• PAL(A)ESTRA a place devoted to the public teaching and practice of wrestling and other athletic exercises; a wrestling-school, gymnasium ...1412-20
• RINGCRAFT skill in boxing or wrestling ...1888
• THRUT a throw or fall in wrestling ...1898 Eng. dial.
wrestle, wrestling - person
• BABY in professional wrestling: a wrestler or other participant designed to be an audience favourite ...1980 US sl.
• BABYFACE 1. in professional wrestling: the wrestler designed by the promoters to be the audience favourite in a match ...1958 US sl.
2. any figure in the professional wrestling industry designed to be cheered or liked by the fans ...1999 US sl.
• BLACKLEG in wrestling, one who makes no real attempt to throw his opponent, generally with the object of winning bets made through an accomplice ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• CARPENTER a skilful wrestler ...1980 Amer. sl.
• FACE in professional wrestling: a wrestler who is designed by the promoters to be seen by the audience as a hero ...1990 US sl.
• FAGGOT in wrestling: a man who bargains not to win ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FLYWEIGHT a wrestler weighing not more than 115 pounds (52 kg)
• FREAK a wrestler whose huge size is obviously the result of the use of anabolic steroids ...1996 US sl.
• GIBRONI a professional wrestler who is regularly assigned to lose ...1999 US sl.
• GRUNTER a professional wrestler ...1936 Amer. journalists' usage
• KEMP a big, strong, and brave warrior or athlete; a professional fighter, wrestler, etc.; a champion ...a700
• NAME a popular, high-profile professional wrestler ...1995 US sl.
• PÆDOTRIBE in ancient Greece: one who taught wrestling and other exercises - a gymnastic master ...1594
• PALAESTRIAN, PALESTRIAN one who practiced wrestling in the palaestra ...1599
• PALOOKA a boxer, occasionally a wrestler, usually one who is both large and stupid ...1920s sl.
• SALESMAN a professional wrestler who does a good job of feigning pain, anger, or fear ...1999 US sl.
wrestle, wrestling - verbs
• BREEK-BAND to lay hold of the band of the breeches; to wrestle ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DIRT ONE'S BACK to throw one on one's back in wrestling; to defeat one ...1959 Amer. dial.
• DUST ONE'S BACK to wrestle, to throw a man ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• FAGGOT in wrestling: to 'sell one's back', to bargain not to win ...1862 Eng. dial.
• FAIR-FA' to wrestle ...Bk1900 Sc.
• GUSH in professional wrestling: to bleed ...1992 US sl.
• REEL † to contend; to wrestle ...1791 Sc.
• TAVE to struggle; to tumble or wrestle in sport ...1804 Sc.
• THRIMBLE to crowd, to throng, to press; to wrestle ...1774 Sc.
WRETCH, WRETCHED - adjectives
• BALEFUL unhappy, wretched, miserable; distressed, sorrowful, mournful ...c1325 arch.
• CAITIFF vile, base, mean, basely wicked; worthless, miserable, wretched ...a1300
• DAMN cursed, wretched ...1770s
• DANGED damned; wretched; nasty; accursed ...1870s Amer. euphemism
• DARN wretched, nasty; silly ...1780s
• DARNED wretched, nasty; silly ...1780s
• DARNFOOL wretched, nasty; silly; stupid and irritating ...1780s
• DAUNY, DAWNEY, DAWNY wretched; miserable; pale; sickly; weakly; delicate, in poor health ...Bk1900 Irish usage
• DERN damn; wretched, nasty; silly ...1780s euphemism
• DOG-ASS wretched; inferior; pitiable ...20C Amer. sl.
• DOG-ASSED wretched; inferior; pitiable ...20C Amer. sl.
• DOG-BOLT † wretched, miserable, mean, base, degraded, contemptible ...1580
• DONNY wretched; miserable; pale; sickly-looking ...Irish usage
• DURN wretched, nasty; silly ...1780s
• DURNED wretched, nasty; silly ...1780s
• FACOCKTA accursed; wretched ...1990s Amer. sl.
• HAMMERED-DOWN stunted; short; wretched; worthless; insignificant ...1919 Amer. dial.
• HEAN † mean, abject, poor; humble, lowly; abased, ignoble; miserable, wretched, dejected, humiliated; of little importance, trivial ...c825
• HENE † mean, abject, poor; humble, lowly; abased, ignoble; miserable, wretched, dejected, humiliated; of little importance, trivial ...c825
• HILDING cowardly, spiritless, base, menial, mean, wretched ...1581 arch.
• LOUSY mean, wretched, contemptible ...c1386
• LOUSY AS A BANDICOOT mean, wretched ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• MALEUROUS † unhappy, unfortunate, wretched ...1471
• MISEASY † miserable; wretched; uneasy; uncomfortable ...c1290
• MISERLY † wretched, mean, shabby ...1900 Sc.
• MISHAPPY † unhappy, miserable, sad, wretched ...c1386
• RASCAL † wretched, mean ...1585
• RASCALLY wretched, miserable, mean ...1606
• RATTY wretched or in poor condition; nasty; mean; shabby, scruffy, or ragged ...1867 colloq.
• SEEDY wretched, miserable ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SIMPLE † poor, wretched, pitiful, dismal ...a1300
• SNIDDY contemptible, bad, wretched ...Bk1903 sl.
• TINPOT wretched, miserable ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TINPOTTY wretched, miserable ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• UNBLESTFUL † unfortunate, wretched, miserable, suffering misfortune ...1608
• UNHEARTY disheartened; cheerless; wretched, sad ...1845 Sc.
• UNISELE † unhappy, wretched ...c1205
• UNISELI † unhappy, wretched ...c1175
• VENGEABLE † miserable, wretched ...c1430
• WANLICHE † miserable, wretched ...1205
wretch, wretched - nouns
• CAITIFDOM † wretchedness, misery ...c1460
• CAITIFHEDE † wretchedness, misery ...c1340
• CAITIFNESS † wretchedness, misery ...1393
• CAITIFTY † wretchedness, misery ...a1300
• DOG'S LIFE, A a wretched existence
• GUTTER, THE a wretched and lowly venue ...1846 Amer. sl.
• SHITBOX * a wretched place; a dirty or dilapidated dwelling; a remote, downtrodden, or unpleasant city, town, etc. ...1966 sl.
• SHITHOUSE a wretched place ...1949 sl.
wretch, wretched - person
• ASPERSEAND a term of abuse; a wretch ...1848 Ireland
• BEING a wretched or unfortunate person ...Bk1898 N. Ireland
• BEZONIAN † a term of contempt: a needy beggar; a poor wretch; a base fellow; a mean, low person; a knave; a rascal; a scoundrel ...1611
• BILGE RAT a wretch; a lowlife ...1929 US nautical sl.
• BRETHEL † a worthless fellow; a good-for-nothing wretch; a miserable wretch ...c1440
• BROLL † a child, offspring; contemptuously, a brat, a little wretch ...a1325 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• CAITIFF † a wretched, miserable person; a poor wretch; one in a piteous case ...c1325
• CALDERA a wretched-looking person; a spiritless person; a coward ...Ireland
• CHITTY-FACE † a term of reproach or contempt; a pitiful, wretched, sneaking fellow ...1601 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• CULLION † a term of great contempt; a base, despicable, or vile fellow; a bad fellow; a mean wretch; a scoundrel, a rascal ...1575
• DOG a worthless or contemptible person; a wretch ...c1330
• DOG-BOLT † a term of contempt or reproach applied to a person; a contemptible fellow; a mean wretch or villain ...1465
• DONDER a wretch ...S. Afr. sl.
• DOUCHE BAG (derogatory) a wretched and disgusting person ...Bk2006 US sl.
• EARTHWORM a mean or grovelling or servile person; a covetous, grasping person; a miser; a sordid wretch ...1594
• FART HOLE (derogatory) a wretched and worthless person ...Bk2006 US sl.
• FRIGGER a person, esp. a man, who is despicable, wretched, formidable, etc. ...1953 US sl.
• FUCKER a person, esp. a man, who is despicable, wretched, formidable, or contemptible ...a1890 sl.
• GULLION a contemptible and mean wretch; a soft, worthless fellow ...1825 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• GUTTERPUP a vulgar person; a vile wretch; a person of the gutter; a bum ...1869 US sl.
• GUTTERSNIPE a vulgar person; a vile wretch ...1869 Amer. sl.
• HAINE, HAYNE, HEYNE † a term of reproach; a mean wretch, a niggard ...c1386
• HILDING a contemptible, worthless person; a mean, base, cowardly fellow; a wretch ...1601 arch.
• JOE ERK a fool; an oaf; a jerk; a wretched man ...World Wars rhyming sl. for 'jerk' and 'berk'
• JOE HUNT a fool; an oaf; a jerk; a wretched man ...20C Brit. rhyming sl. for 'cunt'
• MISER † a wretch, a miserable person ...1820 Sc.
• MORTLING a poor wretched person ...Bk1880 Eng. dial.
• NANNY PINCH-POT a penurious person; a covetous, miserable wretch ...1893 Eng. dial.
• NIDDERING a base coward or wretch ...1596
• PALLION a big, gangling, raw-boned man or woman; a rough, ungainly or worthless type of person; a wretch, a scold ...1920 Sc.
• PULLION a big, gangling, raw-boned man or woman; a rough, ungainly or worthless type of person; a wretch, a scold ...1920 Sc.
• RABSCALLION a rascal, a knave, a rogue; a vagabond, a scamp; a worthless wretch ...1699
• RAGGARD a wicked and abandoned wretch; a rough and ragged vagabond ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAGGELT a person of low character; a wicked and abandoned wretch ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAKESHAME * a man of loose character; a base, rascally fellow; a lewd, debauched fellow; a vile, dissolute wretch; an uncouth and wicked boy ...1599
• RAMSCALLION an offensively dirty person; a vagrant of low, rude, worthless habits; a mean wretched fellow ...1733 now chiefly N. Eng. dial.
• RAMSCULLION † an offensively dirty person; a worthless wretch; a rascal; a wild, reckless fellow; a vagabond, a vagrant; a ne'er-do-well ...1866 Sc.
• RAPSCALLION a worthless wretch; a rascal, a rogue, a scamp; a wild, reckless fellow; a vagabond; a ne'er-do-well ...1699
• RASCABILIAN † a worthless wretch; a rascal ...1622
• RASCALLION * a low, mean or worthless wretch or rascal; a rogue, a knave ...1649
• REEPAN † a very lean person or animal; a low wretch ...1824 Sc.
• REPTILE a degraded wretch; a baseling ...Bk1903 sl.
• SAUNTRELL †* a term of contempt; a babbler; a wretch ...c1440
• SAUTEREL(L) † a wretch: a term of abuse; a hypocrite; one pretending sanctity ...c1440
• SCHLEMOZZLE, SHLEMOZZLE a luckless, accident-prone wretch ...Brit. sl.
• SCRAPE-ALL † a miserable wretch or griping fellow; a miser ...a1790
• SCROYLE † a mean fellow; a rascal, a scoundrel, a wretch; a term of contempt ...1595
• SLUBBERDEGULLION a dirty, mean fellow; a worthless, slovenly fellow; a base, foul, nasty wretch ...a1616
• SNIDE a wretched man; a hateful fellow; a contemptible person; an informer: a two-faced, underhand person; someone who isn't what he seems; a phony; a mean, dishonest person ...E20 sl.
• SNIRP a contemptible undersized wretch ...Bk1903 sl.
• TOM DINGLE a poor, wretched fellow ...1711
• VRATCH a wretch ...1892 Sc.
• WALLIDRAG, WALLYDRAG a worthless person, a wretch, a wastrel, a good-for-nothing; a slovenly, untidy, dishevelled person ...1754 Sc.
• WALLIDRAGGLE, WALLYDRAGGLE a worthless person, a wretch, a wastrel, a good-for-nothing; a slovenly, untidy, dishevelled person ...1754 Sc.
• WARNOUR † a miser, a wretch, a niggard ...1513 Sc.
wretch, wretched - phrases
• IT'S A DOG'S LIFE said of an unpleasant situation or of one's whole wretched existence ...20C sl.
WRETCHEDLY - adverbs
• CAITIFLY † wretchedly, miserably ...1393
• FECKLESSLY feebly, ineffectually; wretchedly ...1862
• UNISELICHE † unhappily, wretchedly ...c1205
WRIGGLE - nouns
• SCRIGGLE, SKRIGGLE a quick motion caused by tickling, a wriggle ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
WAMBLE a rolling or unsteady motion; a totter, a quivering or shaking, a wriggle, a tumble ...1825 Sc.
wriggle - verbs
• FIGGLE † to fidget about, to wriggle ...a1652 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• KELTER to wriggle, to move with an undulating motion; to move uneasily, as a queasy stomach ...1808 Sc.
• OAG to crawl, to creep, to scramble; to wriggle ...1892 Sc.
• OG to creep, to crawl, to wriggle; to move slowly; to be infected with vermin ...a1838 Sc.
• SCRIGGLE to wriggle about; to struggle violently ...1896 Eng. dial.
• SCURRIFUNGE to wriggle about ...1894 perhaps Eng. dial.
• SKRIGGLE to wriggle about; to struggle violently ...1896 Eng. dial.
• WABBLE to wriggle about ...1928 Sc.
• WAMBLE † to turn and twist the body about; to roll or wriggle about, to roll over and over ...c1420 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• WAMPISH † to wriggle, to twist or swerve about, like a fish swimming ...1824 Sc.
• WRABBLE †* to wriggle ...1513
• WRIG to wriggle, to writhe ...Bk1854 Eng. dial.
WRIGGLING - adjectives
• EELY resembling an eel in movement; wriggling, writhing ...1871
• WRIGGLESOME * wriggling ...1891
wriggling - nouns
• SCRIGGLER a wriggling creature; an eel ...1895 Eng. dial.
• THROW a twist, a wrench, a sprain; the act of twisting or wriggling; a turn of the hand ...1785 Sc.
WRING - verbs
• THRIST to thrust, to push; to press, to squeeze, to hug; to wring ...1838 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TRIST to thrust, to push; to press, to squeeze, to hug; to wring ...1838 Sc.
WRINKLE - nouns
• BEGGAR'S-PLAITS wrinkles or creases in garments as if slept in ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CATFACE a wrinkle or pucker left on a garment when ironed improperly ...1952 Amer. dial., chiefly Black usage
• CAT'S FACE a wrinkle or pucker left on a garment when ironed improperly ...1952 Amer. dial., chiefly Black usage
• CRIMPLE † a crease, wrinkle, or fold; a crinkle ...c1440 obs. exc. Eng. & Amer. dial.
• FURROW a deep wrinkle on the face ...1589
• GALL a crease or wrinkle in cloth ...1787 Sc.
• MILEAGE wrinkles ...1960s Amer. sl.
• REEVE a wrinkle ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• RUELLE a wrinkle ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• WRIMPLE † a crease or fold; a wrinkle ...1499
wrinkle - verbs
• CAPERATE † to wrinkle ...1657
• CRIMPLE † to wrinkle, crumple, crinkle, curl ...c1440 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• FURL † to make undulations on a surface; to furrow, to wrinkle ...1689
• FURROW to make wrinkles in ...1597
• GATHER * to form folds or wrinkles ...1816
• REEVE to draw into wrinkles; to pucker; to twist round; to shrivel up; to roll up the sleeves ...1821 Eng. dial.
• RIBBLE to wrinkle ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRINK to wrinkle, to screw up; to peer with screwed-up, half-closed eyes ...1897 Eng. dial.
• SCRUPLE to rumple; to twist up; to wrinkle ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SKRINK to wrinkle, to screw up; to peer with screwed-up, half-closed eyes ...1897 Eng. dial.
• TAW to twist; to get crooked or out of shape; to crease, to wrinkle; to entwist, as the end of a rope ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WRIMPLE †* to wrinkle, to crumple ...1611
WRINKLED - adjectives
• ALL IN A QUOBBLE of a woman's hands: shrivelled and wrinkled from being too long in the washtub ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• CAPERATED † wrinkled like a goat's horn ...1657
• FURROW-FACED having wrinkles on the face or forehead ...1607
• FURROW-FRONTED having wrinkles on the face or forehead ...1640
• MOSSY-HEADED old, wrinkled ...1967 Amer. dial.
• MOSSYHORN old, wrinkled ...1885 Amer. dial.
• REEVED UP crinkled, wrinkled ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• ROCKLED wrinkled ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• SCORY wrinkled, lined ...1846 Eng. dial.
• SCRANKY lean, lank, thin, scraggy; withered, wrinkled ...1856 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCRANNY thin, meagre, scraggy; withered, wrinkled ...1878 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCRANNY-LOOKING thin, meagre, scraggy; withered, wrinkled ...1878 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SHRINKLED shrunk, wrinkled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SHROCKLED shrunk; shrivelled, withered; wrinkled, puckered ...1790 Eng. dial.
• SKRANKY lean, lank, thin, scraggy; withered, wrinkled ...1856 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• WRINKLED AS A PRUNE very wrinkled ...Bk1995 US sl.
• WRIZZLED † marked with creases, wrinkles, or corrugations; wrinkled, shrivelled ...1590 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• WROCKLED wrinkled ...B1900 Eng. dial.
wrinkled - person
• CAG any old wrinkled female, as an old woman, cow, ewe, etc. ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• FURROW-FACE † one who has a wrinkled face ...1621
• SCRANNY an ill-natured, wrinkled old woman ...1824 Sc.
wrinkled - verbs
• WIZZLE to shrivel or dry up, to become wrinkled; to pucker ...1834 Amer. dial.
WRIST - nouns
• ARM-WRIST * the wrist ...1655 Eng. dial.
• HAND-WRIST † the wrist or joint of the hand ...a1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• OLIVER (TWIST) the wrist ...L19 Aust. rhyming sl.
wrist - verbs
• REIST to strain or sprain the wrist ...Bk1904 Sc.
WRIT - nouns
• PARCHMENT DAB a writ ...E18 sl.
WRITE, WRITER, WRITING - adjectives
• ANOPISTHOGRAPH having no writing or printing on the back; inscribed only on one side ...1887
• ANOPISTHOGRAPHIC having no writing or printing on the back; inscribed only on one side ...1871
• CACOGRAPHIC pert. to bad writing or incorrect spelling ...1838
• CACOGRAPHICAL pert. to bad writing or incorrect spelling ...1838
• CALLIGRAPHICAL † pert. to calligraphy; also, of a beautiful literary style ...1630
• CANNED of writing or information: rote, pre-packaged ...1920s US sl.
• OMNISCRIBENT writing on all subjects ...1891
• OMNISCRIPTIVE writing on all subjects ...1821
• QUICK 1. † of speech, writings, etc.: lively, full of vigour or acute reasoning; smart, sprightly ...a1225
2. † of speech or writing: sharp, caustic ...1580
• PANGRAPHIC writing on all subjects or in all forms ...1821
• RACY of speech, writing, etc.: having a characteristic sprightliness, liveliness, or piquancy ...a1667
• RUNNING †* of a person: that writes fluently ...1628
• SCRANK of writing: thin, sprawling ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCRANKY of writing: thin, ill-formed ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCRIBACIOUS * given to, or fond of, writing ...a1677
• SCRIPTITIOUS * committed to writing...1802-12
• SCRIPTURIENT * having a desire for writing or authorship ...1643
• TACHYGRAPHIC pert. to the art of rapid writing; specifically applied to a cursive or running handwriting as opposed to one having separate and fully-formed letters ...a1763
• TACHYGRAPHICAL pert. to the art of rapid writing; specifically applied to a cursive or running handwriting as opposed to one having separate and fully-formed letters ...1764
• TRUCULENT of speech or writing: rude; scathing; savage; harsh ...1850
• WRITATIVE * disposed to write; fond of or addicted to writing; marked by inclination to writing ...1736
write, writer, writing - adverbs
• FAIRLY of writing: neatly, elegantly ...1594 arch.
write, writer, writing - nouns
• CACOGRAPHY bad writing; bad handwriting ...1656
• CALLIGRAPH a beautiful specimen of writing ...1878
• CALOGRAPHY * calligraphy ...1804
• GRAPHOMANIA a mania for writing ...1840
• HOOKS AND CROOKS letters; writing ...1804 Amer. sl.
• INEDITA unpublished writings ...E20
• LARGENESS † lengthiness or prolixity of discourse or writing ...1561
• LEGEND * written character, writing ...1822
• LETTERS † writings, written records ...c1250
• LETTRURE † a writing, a written book, a story ...a1300
• MACROGRAPHY the use of very large characters in writing, sometimes carried to such an extreme by the insane that a word of three or four letters will run across the entire page ...1899
• MANUSCRIPTION * the act of writing by hand; that which is written by hand; a written inscription ...1800
• MOGIGRAPHIA difficult or cramped writing; writer's cramp ...1856
• OPISTHOGRAPH in Greek and Roman antiquity: a manuscript written on the back as well as the front of the papyrus or parchment; also, a slab inscribed on both sides ...1623
• OPISTHOGRAPHY the practice of writing on both sides of a papyrus, slab, etc.; writing of this kind ...1684
• PALIMPSEST † paper, parchment, or other writing material prepared for writing on and wiping out again, like a slate ...1661
• SANCTITUDE † of a writer: chastity or decorum of expression ...1855
• SCART a stroke of a pen; a scrap of writing ...1818 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCRANKS of writing: badly-formed letters ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCRAPE OF THE PEN, A a few lines, a letter, writing ...1844 Eng. dial.
• SCRAT OF A PEN, A a scrap of writing; a letter ...1881 Eng. dial.
• SCRIBBLE-SCRABBLE a scribble; hasty or careless writing ...1838
• SCRIBE a mark made with the pen; a scrap of writing; a letter ...1900 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCRIBE OF THE PEN a mark made with the pen; a scrap of writing; a letter ...1900 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCRIPTION 1. † a writing; a document; an inscription obs.
2. * the act of writing ...1802-12
• SCRIPTITATION †* continual writing ...1653
• SCRIVE a piece of writing; a letter; a statement or story written; handwriting; a short sermon ...1894 Sc.
• SCRIVENING-TIME time set apart for writing ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SULPHUR pungent talk, writing, or language ...1897 colloq.
• TACHYGRAPHY the art or practice of quick writing; applied to shorthand, and to cursive as distinguished from angular letters ...1641
• TITLE † a document; a writing, a letter ...c1330
• WAG OF THE PEN, A the least scrap of writing; a brief letter ...1888 Sc.
write, writer, writing - person
• ABSURDIST a writer, performer, etc., whose work presents an audience or readership with absurdities, typically in portraying the futility of human struggle in a senseless and inexplicable world; esp. a writer or proponent of absurdist drama ...1929
• AUTHORLING a petty author; an insignificant writer ...1771
• BEE a sweet writer ...1753
• BIBLIOGRAPHER † a writer of books; a copyist ...M17
• BLACKSMITH a below-par reporter or writer, i.e. one who pounds out copy or news stories ...1882 Amer. journalists' sl.
• BOO a ghostwriter ...1970s sl.
• BOOKER † a writer of books ...OE
• BULLY-SCRIBBLER † a writer who bullies ...a1715
• CACOGRAPHER a bad writer or speller ...1880
• CALLIGRAPH one who writes beautifully; a professional transcriber of manuscripts ...1853 arch.
• CALLIGRAPHER one who writes beautifully ...1815
• CALLIGRAPHIST one who writes beautifully ...1816
• DACTYLIST †* a writer or poet of dactylic verse ...1785
• FABULAR † a narrator or recorder of tales or fictions - a writer of fiction ...1565 obs.
• FABULIST one who relates fables or legends - a writer or teller of apologues or parables ...1593
• FALSE WRITER † one who writes incorrectly ...a1300
• FANTAST a fantastic writer; one who aims at eccentricity of style ...1873
• FEATHER-DRIVER † a quill-driver; a hack writer; a clerk ...1713
• GHOST WRITER one who writes something for pay which is then attributed to another; politicians generally use ghostwriters to compose their speeches ...1927 orig. US
• HACK a person whose services may be hired for any kind of work required of him; a common drudge; a literary drudge who hires himself out to do any and every kind of literary work; hence, a poor writer, a mere scribbler ...a1700
• HACKNEY † a person whose services may be hired for any kind of work required of him; a menial servant; a common drudge; especially, a literary drudge who hires himself out to do any and every kind of literary work; hence, a poor writer, a mere scribbler ...1546
• HACKNEY SCRIBBLERS poor hirelings; mercenary writers ...Bk1690
• HERO OF THE QUILL a distinguished writer ...Bk1913 Western Can. sl.
• ICONOMICAR †* a writer on husbandry ...1523
• INK-SLINGER an author, a reviewer, a writer ...1888 sl.
• KNIGHT OF THE QUILL an author, a writer, a journalist ...L17 colloq.
• NEOTERIC a modern; a modern writer or author ...1598
• ORATOR †* an eloquent writer ...1587
• PAPER-BLURRER a term of contempt for an inferior writer ...1581
• PEN-PUSHER (usually derogatory) someone engaged in writing or desk work; an office worker ...1911 sl.
• SCRIPTURIENT one who has a passion for writing ...1659
• SKRIEVER an inferior writer; a mean scribe ...Bk1904 Sc.
• WORDSTER a writer, usually a newspaper columnist ...Bk1975 Amer. sl.
• WRITERLING a petty writer or journalist; an author of the baser sort ...Bk1881
• WRITRIX † a female writer, an authoress ...1772 nonce word
• YELLOW a 'yellow' writer, or a writer of newspaper articles of a reckless or unscrupulous sensational character ...1898
write, writer, writing - verbs
• BELETTER † to serve with letters, to write to ...1655
• BETRAVAIL † to work at; to compose a book, to be the author of, to write ...1387
• BLOT THE SCRIP to put into writing ...M17 sl.
• BLUSTER to disfigure in writing ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CALLIGRAPH to write beautifully or ornamentally ...1884
• FAKE A SCREEVE to write any letter or other paper ...1812 thieves' sl.
• LAB to dash down hurriedly in writing ...1858 Sc.
• LETTERIZE to write letters ...1824
• LUXURIATE † of a writer: to write at exuberant length; to exceed one's limits ...1621
• MANUSCRIBE † to write with one's own hand ...1649
• PALIMPSEST to write anew on parchment, etc., after erasure of the original writing ...1900
• QUILL to use a quill or writing pen; to write ...1890 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCART to write, esp. to write indistinctly; to make any kind of mark on paper; to draw; to sculpture ...1814 Sc.
• SCRANK to make ill-formed, sprawling letters; to write in a scrawling hand ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCRAT to scratch with a pen; to write ...1821 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCRATTLE to scratch with a pen; to write ...1873 Eng. dial.
• SCREED DOWN to write down at great length ...1835 Sc.
• SCREEVE 1. to write ...1813 Sc.
2. to talk, read, or write fast and continuously; to reel off a story ...1874 Sc.
• SCRIBBLE-SCRALL to scribble, to write badly ...1901 Eng. dial.
• SCRIBE to write; to mark, to inscribe ...1787 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCRIEVE 1. to write ...1813 Sc.
2. to talk, read, or write fast and continuously; to reel off a story ...1874 Sc.
• SCRIGGLE to write badly; to scrawl ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRIVE to write ...1813 Sc.
• SKELP to write or perform in a lively manner
• SLING INK to make a business of writing ...Bk1896 colloq.
• STRIVE to write with care ...Bk1904 Christ's Hospital usage
• TOKEN UP †* to put up in writing, to write out ...1535
• UGLYOGRAPHIZE to spell uncouthly; to write in an uncouth manner ...1834
WRITER'S CRAMP - nouns
• MOGIGRAPHIA difficult or cramped writing; writer's cramp ...1856
WRITHE - verbs
• REATH to writhe ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• REEVE to writhe ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• RENZIE to writhe with pain ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCRUGGLE † to contend, struggle; to writhe with more or less force ...1530 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TARVE to struggle; to writhe ...1746 Eng. dial.
• TERVEE, TERVY to struggle; to writhe ...1746 Eng. dial.
• TO-WRITHE † to twist or wrench about; to twist or writhe about ...c1000
• TURVE to struggle; to writhe ...1746 Eng. dial.
• TWANGLE to writhe from pain ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WAMBLE of persons and animals: to roll about, to wriggle, to writhe, to slither, to wallow ...1733 Sc.
• WRIG to wriggle, to writhe ...Bk1854 Eng. dial.
WRITHING - adjectives
• EELY resembling an eel in movement; wriggling, writhing ...1871
WRITING - see WRITE, WRITER, WRITING
WRITING PAD - nouns
• BLOCK a writing pad or tablet ...1965 Amer. dial.
WRITING PAPER - nouns
• SCRIVENING-PAPER writing paper ...1896 Sc.
WRITTEN - adjectives
• MANUSCRIPT written by hand, not printed ...1597
• OPISTHOGRAPHAL † written or inscribed on the back as well as the front ...1684
• OPISTHOGRAPHIC written or inscribed on the back as well as the front ...1813
• TABULARIOUS †* pert. to written documents or accounts ...1656
written - nouns
• LETTER † anything written; an inscription, document, text; a written warrant or authority ...c1325
• MANUSCRIPTION * the act of writing by hand; that which is written by hand; a written inscription ...1800
WRONG - adjectives
• AGLEY wrong; awry ...1824 Sc.
• A-HUH not straightforward or open; wrong ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ALL ABROAD wide of the mark; wrong ...19C sl.
• ALL WET entirely confused or wrong; mistaken ...1923
• DEAD-ASS WRONG completely wrong ...1983 Amer. sl.
• FAULTY wrong ...Bk2006 US sl.
• FUNKY wrong, unsatisfactory ...1990s US teen sl.
• ILL-DONE wrong, mischievous, ill-advised ...1894 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MISDEEDY † doing wrong; mischievous ...a1300 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• OFFBEAT mistaken, wrong, in error ...1958 US sl.
• OFFENCEFUL † causing offence or displeasure; wrong; sinful; criminal ...1603 rare or obs.
• OFFEN ONE'S BOX crazy; foolishly wrong, mistaken ...1903 Amer. dial.
• OFF ONE'S BOX crazy; foolishly wrong; mistaken ...1903 Amer. dial.
• ON TOP wrong; destroyed or defeated ...1999 UK sl.
• OUT OF ONE'S BOX crazy, insane; foolishly wrong, mistaken ...1966 Amer. dial.
• THRAWN perverse, obstinate; cross-grained; rebellious; morally wrong ...1737 Sc.
• UP A GUM TREE in error, wrong ...1950s sl.
• UP THE BOOAY completely wrong or astray ...M20 NZ colloq.
wrong - nouns
• ABUSION † violation of law or right, outrage, wrong; anything opposed to propriety; bad or improper usage; corrupt or shameful fact or practice ...c1374
• BOLLOCKS-UP said of something that's gone wrong ...Brit. sl.
• COCK-UP said of something that's gone wrong ...Brit. sl.
• DINGE IN THE STOVEWOOD something wrong ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FAMOUS LAST WORDS something said that proves singularly wrong or inappropriate ...1940s Amer. sl.
• FUCK-UP said of something that's gone wrong ...Brit. sl.
• INDIAN SIDE the right-hand side, esp. of a horse; hence, the wrong side or wrong way of doing something ...1942 Amer. dial.
• MOLLY HOGAN DEAL a deal with a catch, something wrong ...1966 Can. sl.
• NIGGER IN THE WOODPILE (offensive) something wrong ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NIGGER ON THE FENCE (offensive) something wrong ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PAD IN THE STRAW, A † something amiss; a danger concealed; something wrong ...1530
• SIN †* a fear of doing wrong ...c1300
• WRONGO something wrong or improper; an error, a lie, a misstatement, etc. ...1937 Amer. sl.
wrong - verbs
• BACK THE WRONG HORSE to be wrong, to be mistaken; to make an inappropriate choice ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BE ALL WET to be wrong, to be mistaken ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BE FULL OF PRUNES to be wrong, to be mistaken ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BE IN THE WRONG BOX to be wrong, to be mistaken ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BE IN THE WRONG PEW to be wrong, to be mistaken ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BE OFF YOUR EGGS to make a mistake, to be on the wrong tack ...1844 Sc.
• COUNT ONE'S EGGS to be wrong, to be mistaken ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DAMNIFY * to cause, injury, loss, or inconvenience to; to injure, to damage, to hurt; to inflict injury upon; to wrong ...1512 (very common in the 17th century)
• EAT ONE'S BONNET to go back on one's words, esp. to admit that a public statement was, in fact, wrong ...L18 sl.
• EAT ONE'S BOOTS to go back on one's words, esp. to admit that a public statement was, in fact, wrong ...L18 sl.
• EAT ONE'S CAP to go back on one's words, esp. to admit that a public statement was, in fact, wrong ...L18 sl.
• EAT ONE'S HAT to go back on one's words, esp. to admit that a public statement was, in fact, wrong ...L18 sl.
• EAT ONE'S HEAD vb. to go back on one's words, esp. to admit that a public statement was, in fact, wrong ...M19 sl.
• EAT ONE'S PANTS to go back on one's words, esp. to admit that a public statement was, in fact, wrong ...L18 sl.
• EAT ONE'S SHIRT to go back on one's words, esp. to admit that a public statement was, in fact, wrong ...L18 sl.
• EAT THE GREASER to 'eat one's hat'; to make a public admission of having been wrong ...1901 Amer. dial.
• FADANGLE to cheat, to do wrong ...2000s US Black sl.
• FALL IN to be quite wrong ...c1900 sl.
• FANCY A LOT to fancy something is wrong; to feel hurt or neglected ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FAULT to commit a fault; to do or go wrong; hence, to sin ...c1400 arch.
• FIRE INTO THE WRONG FLOCK. to be wrong, to be mistaken ...1835 Amer. dial.
• GANG AGLEY to err, to go wrong; used in a moral sense ...1788 Sc.
• GET THE WRONG BULL BY THE HORNS to be wrong, to be mistaken ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GET THE WRONG SOW BY THE EAR to be wrong, to be mistaken ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO ALL MOODY ON to fail, to go wrong ...1930s sl.
• GO ASHORE TO WINDWARD said of a person who would go wrong with no excuse ...1916 Amer. dial.
• GO ASKEW to be troublesome, to do wrong actions ...1885 Eng. dial.
• GO PEAR-SHAPED of plans or schemes: to fail; to collapse; to go wrong ...1990s sl.
• HAVE ANOTHER GUESS COMING to be wrong, to be mistaken ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HAVE BEEN READING BOOKS to be wrong, to be mistaken ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HAVE THE WRONG SLANT to be wrong, to be mistaken ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LIGHT UP AND SAY 'TILT' to register by one's expression or reaction that something is wrong ...1950s sl.
• MAKE A BALK † to blunder, to go wrong ...c1430
• MAKE A BUST to make an error in judgement; to be wrong or mistaken ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MALVERSE † to act in a dishonest or corrupt manner; to commit a breach of confidence; to make a wrong decision ...1714 Sc.
• MESS UP to make an error; to do something wrong
• MISDO to transgress, to do wrong ...Bk1903 Eng. dial.
• MISGO to go wrong; to go astray; to fail, to miscarry ...1766 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PLAY SMASH to make a great blunder; to do a thing wholly wrong ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• PULL A BUST to make an error in judgement; to be wrong or mistaken ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PUT THE SADDLE ON THE WRONG HORSE to be wrong, to be mistaken ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• QUEER to put to confusion; to make or cause to feel queer; to cause to go wrong ...1818 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SHITCAN to do someone a wrong ...1950s Aust. & NZ sl.
wrong - interjections/phrases
• ALL GONE TO BOLLOCKS said of something that's gone wrong ...Brit. sl.
• ALL TO BOLLOCKS said of something that's gone wrong ...Brit. sl.
• ALL TO BUGGERY said of something that's gone wrong ...Brit sl.
• ALL TO FUCK said of something that's gone wrong ...Brit. sl.
• DAY THE OMELETTE HIT THE FAN, THE used to describe a day when everything goes wrong ...c1966 sl.
• MALE WRINGS, THE † something is wrong, there is a state of hardship ...c1430
• THAT'S CLOSE! What you just said is completely wrong! ...1950s Amer. sl.
• THERE’S A BLOW IN THE BELL there’s something wrong, something suspicious, somewhere ...1936 criminals’ sl.
• YOU'VE GOT IT ARSE ABOUT FACE you've got it all wrong, back to front ...L19 sl.
WRONG-DOING - adjectives
• FAULTY † that has committed a fault, error, or offense; guilty of wrong-doing ...a1300
• MALEFICENT of persons, their acts and dispositions: wrong-doing, criminal ...1760
wrongdoing - nouns
• MALFEASANCE * wrongdoing; an instance of this ...1856
• OFFENSION † hurt, injury, damage; displeasure, annoyance; what is offensive or causes disgust; wrong-doing, misdeed; fault ...c1374
• SKATE an act of letting someone escape wrongdoing without punishment ...1992 US sl.
wrongdoing - person
• MAINTAINER † one who aids and abets in wrongdoing or error ...c1330
wrongdoing - verbs
• SLING A DEAF 'UN to pretend to be deaf or at least not to hear the last statement; hence to deliberately ignore any form of wrongdoing ...1920s sl.
WRONGFUL - adjectives
• TORTIOUS † wrongful, injurious, hurtful; illegal ...1387-8
WRONGFULLY - adverbs
• NAUGHTILY †* wrongfully, dishonestly ...1622
• SINISTERLY † in a wrongful or wicked manner ...1532
WRONG-HEADED - adjectives
• BACKFOREMOST perverse, wrong-headed ...1889
• CAPERNOITED slightly affected in the head by drinking, tipsy; muddle-headed, wrong-headed ...1719 Sc.
• CAPERNOITY crabbed, irritable, peevish; slightly affected in the head by drinking, muddle-headed, wrong-headed ...1769 Sc.
• OFF AT THE NAIL neglectful of all sense of propriety; mad, wrong-headed ...1897 Sc.
• THIRTINGILL perverse, wrong-headed ...1872 Eng. dial.
WRONGLY - adverbs
• BACKWAY wrongly, awkwardly; in a manner opposed to the proper mode of procedure ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BACKWAY-ON wrongly, awkwardly; in a manner opposed to the proper mode of procedure ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• FALSE † improperly, wrongly ...1596 obs. or arch.
• NAUGHT † badly, wrongly ...1549
• SINISTRALLY † in a sinister manner; perversely; wrongly ...1548
• SINISTROUSLY in an erroneous manner; incorrectly, wrongly, perversely; awkwardly ...1581
WRY - nouns
• MIMMY-MAWKS wry faces, grimaces ...B1900 Eng. dial.
WYOMING - nouns
• EQUALITY STATE Wyoming ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HOLE IN THE WALL a rendezvous or hiding place for criminals and outlaws in the rugged mountain ravines near Jackson, Wyoming ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• LAND OF THE SHEEPHERDER Wyoming ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SAGEBRUSH STATE Wyoming ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FART something important or worthwhile ...1970s sl.
worthwhile - phrases
• NO BATTLE not worthwhile ...c1870 printers' sl.
WORTHY - adjectives
• BRAW worthy, excellent; very good, surpassing in any respect ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CANNY agreeable to the eyes or perception, tidy, seemly, comely; good, worthy; very satisfactory ...1802 Sc.
• DEAR † of persons: glorious, noble, honourable, worthy ...a1000
• DEARWORTH † worthy, honourable, noble, glorious ...c1175
• DEARWORTHY † worthy, honourable, noble, glorious ...c1374
• DENTY pleasant, agreeable; worthy, excellent; fine, handsome; plump and thriving, as regarding a child ...a1698 Sc.
• DERWORTH † worthy, honourable, noble, glorious ...c1175
• DERWORTHY † worthy, honourable, noble, glorious ...c1374
• DIGNOUS † worthy, honourable ...1630
• EVERYDAY special; worthy of continual attention ...1972 Amer. dial.
• GELLY worthy, pompous, well-conditioned ...c1560 Sc.
• JELLY * good, worthy, excellent; having a high opinion of oneself; proud, haughty ...c1560-73 Sc.
• KEEP-WORTHY worth keeping; worthy of being kept ...1830
• MARKWORTHY worthy of note ...1827
• PAINSWORTHY * worthy of trouble; worth taking pains about ...1650
• TIDY † of good character or ability; worthy, brave; able, skilful ...c1350
• WORTH ONE'S SALT efficient; worthy of one's pay
worthy - nouns
• GREAT AND THE GOOD, THE worthy people; frequently ironic
• MARKER something worthy to be compared ...1895 sl.
worthy - verbs
• BETEEM † to think a person worthy, to admit the worth of ...1627
• BE WORTH ONE'S CORN to be worth one's wages, one's keep ...M19 colloq., orig. farmers'
WOUND - adjectives
• ANGRY of a wound or sore: inflamed, red ...1884 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• BONNY of a wound: healthy ...Bk1911 Sc.
• ELDRITCH † of a sore or wound: painful, fretted ...1808 Sc.
• RANCOROUS † of a wound or sore: festering, inflamed, full of corruption, suppurating ...1660
wound - nouns
• ARR a scar or mark left by a wound ...1781 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ASSHOLE a bullet wound; a serious wound ...1968 Amer. sl., esp. military
• BACON scabby biking wounds ...Bk2009 mountain biking sl.
• BATTERY † a mark of beating; a wound or bruise ...1592
• BLANE the mark left by a wound ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLIGHTY a wound sufficiently serious to warrant return to Britain ...1916 Brit. sl.
• BLIGHTY ONE a wound sufficiently serious to warrant return to Britain ...1916 Brit. sl.
• CARF † cutting, a cut, an incision; a wound ...a1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• DAISY-PUSHER a fatal wound ...1916 army sl.
• DAYLIGHT a hole, esp. a fatal wound, made by a sword, a knife, or a bullet ...1774 sl.
• DOZZLE a plug of lint or rag for stopping a wound ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GAG a cut or crack in the hands; a deep cut or wound ...Bk1900 Sc.
• GAGGER a deep, ragged cut or wound ...1866 Sc.
• GAIG a deep, ragged cut or wound ...1866 Sc.
• GANCH a gash or wound made by a boar's tusk ...1818 arch.
• GAP † a gash or wound in the body ...a1500
• GAUNCH a gash or wound made by a boar's tusk ...1818 arch.
• GEG a cut or crack in the hands; a deep cut or wound ...1825 Sc.
• GUT SHOT a bullet wound in the stomach, painful and often fatal ...1992 US sl.
• GUT-WINDER a bullet wound in the abdomen ...1865 Amer. sl.
• HOMER a wound sufficiently serious to warrant repatriation ...1942 Aust. & NZ sl.
• LEADEN TONIC a serious, esp. fatal, bullet wound ...1882 Amer. West jocular
• LEAD POISONING a serious, esp. fatal, bullet wound ...1883 Amer. jocular
• LESURE † hurt, injury, wound ...c1420
• LOUD ONE a severe wound ...WWI army sl.
• MEAT SHOT a bullet wound in a muscle, not involving a bone or organ damage ...1992 US sl.
• PACKET a wound ...1910s sl., orig. military
• QUITTER † pus; suppurating matter; a purulent discharge from a wound or sore ...1297
• QUITTOR † pus; suppurating matter; a purulent discharge from a wound or sore ...1297
• RANCH * a scratch; a flesh wound ...1611
• RANGLE a wound, fester; a wearisome, rankling pain ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• RASPBERRY a bloody wound ...1980s US college sl.
• RUNNING † a sore or wound that discharges pus ...c1384
• SAIR a sore; a wound, a bruise ...1768 Sc.
• SCORE a scar or mark left by a wound, a weal ...1966 Sc.
• SCRAT a scratch; a very slight wound; a scratching noise ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SKIN COMPLAINT a bullet wound ...1982 US sl.
• VENOM the discharge from a sore or wound ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VENUE † a thrust or hit in fencing; a stroke or wound with a weapon ...1591
• VENY † a hit or thrust in fencing; a wound or blow ...1578 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
wound - verbs
• ANGER of a wound: to inflame, to irritate ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• BEWOUND † to cover or afflict with wounds ...1567
• CONTRUCIDATE † to wound, murder, or kill; to assassinate ...1656
• DING to wound ...1968 US sl.
• FAKE to shoot, to wound, to hit or cut; to poison ...E19 sl.
• FAKE ONESELF to inflict wounds or others disfigure oneself for a criminal purpose ...19C sl.
• FEATHER † to decorate a person with the projecting feather of an arrow; hence, to pierce, to wound ...1415
• GAGGER to cut or wound deeply with the idea of a ragged edge; to cause to project, swell up ...Bk1900 Sc.
• GAIG to cut or wound deeply, with the idea of a ragged edge ...1866 Sc.
• GAPE of wounds, material objects, etc.: to split, to crack, to part asunder ...1577
• GILVER to ache, to throb (said of the head in a headache, of a wound, etc. - not of the heart or pulse) ...1830 Eng. dial.
• HARROW to tear, to lacerate, to wound physically ...1633
• HEAD UP of a wound: to suppurate, to come to a head ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• KNOCK KOO-KOO to render unconscious; to mortally wound; to kill ...Amer. World War I sl.
• LAUNCH † to pierce, to wound; to cut, to slit; to make a wound by piercing ...c1400
• MAKE THE FUR FLY to claw; to scratch, to wound severely ...1848 sl.
• MARTYR † to inflict wounds or disfiguring blows upon; to mutilate; also, to disfigure the face with weeping ...1590
• MARTYRIZE † to disfigure or mutilate by the infliction of wounds or blows ...1635
• NOTCH to wound ...1991 US Vietnam war usage
• OFFEND † to strike so as to hurt; to wound, to hurt; to give physical pain to; to harm, to injure ...c1385
• PANCH to prick and work a wound to extract matter, or any foreign substance, such as a bullet or prickle ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PIP to hit or wound with a shot from a gun ...1900 orig. military usage
• SAUCIATE †* to wound, to hurt, to cut ...1656
• VULNERATE † to wound; to hurt ...1599
• WING to shoot but not kill; to wound ...E19 US sl.
WOUNDED - adjectives
• CLICKED IT got killed; was wounded ...Amer. World War I sl.
• CUTTED † wounded, mutilated, etc. by cutting; castrate; carved, sculptured, engraved ...1438 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• LEAD POISONED wounded by a bullet ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PIPPED wounded by a bullet ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SAUCIATE † wounded, hurt ...1509
• WINGED slightly wounded ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
wounded - person
• TRAIN WRECK a horribly wounded soldier or casualty department patient ...1978 US sl., orig. Vietnam medical corpsmen usage
• UNFINISHED BUSINESS a wounded rival, or a prospective gang victim, not yet killed ...1931 US criminals sl.
wounded - verbs
• GET A PACKET to be killed or wounded; to get into trouble ...1930s sl.
• HAVE A PACKET to be killed or wounded; to get into trouble ...1930s sl.
WOUNDING - nouns
• SAUCIATION †* a wounding ...1658
WRAITH - nouns
• BARGHEST a ghost, wraith, or hobgoblin ...1788 Eng. dial.
• WAFF an apparition, a wraith, a ghost; the vision of a dead or absent person ...1705 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• WAFT a wraith; a supernatural appearance of one whose death is imminent ...1891 Eng. dial.
WRANGLE, WRANGLING - adjectives
• ALTERCATIVE † characterized by disputing or wrangling ...M18
• BICKERING wrangling, contentious ...1807
• CAMPING † wrangling, contentious, scolding ...1642
• CANGLING quarrelsome, wrangling ...1895 Sc.
• CONVICIATORY † wrangling, railing; reproachful, abusive ...1611
• JARRING quarrelling, disputing, wrangling ...1628
• TOILOUS †* contentious, disputatious, wrangling, argumentative ...c1430
wrangle, wrangling - adverbs
• DEBATEFULLY † with much wrangling, contentiously ...1611
wrangle, wrangling - nouns
• ARGIE-BARGIEMENT a wrangling; contention ...Bk1911 Sc.
• ARGLE-BARGLE a disputatious argument; a bandying of words, a wrangling ...a1881 chiefly Eng. dialect and Sc.
• ARGY-BARGY an argument, wrangling ...1887 orig. Sc.
• BARGAINING † wrangling, contest, struggle, fighting ...1375 Sc.
• BICKERING wrangling, altercation ...1573
• BICKERMENT quarrelling, wrangling, altercation, contention, strife, conflict ...1682
• BRABBLE a paltry altercation, a noisy quarrel, a wrangle ...1566
• BRIBBLE-BRABBLE † vain chatter or wrangling; quarrelling ...?1868
• CABBY-LAB altercation, wrangling; confused speaking, many persons talking at the same time ...1864 Sc.
• CABBY-LABBY altercation, wrangling; confused speaking, many persons talking at the same time ...1794 Sc.
• COLLIEBUCTION a noisy squabble, a disturbance, a wrangle ...1864 Sc.
• DABBER wrangling, quarreling ...1866 Sc.
• DACKER a noisy, wrangling dispute ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DACKLE a wrangle; a disturbance ...1923 Sc.
• DEBATE strife, contention, dissension, quarrelling, wrangling; a quarrel ...a1300 arch.
• DIBBER-DABBER an uproar, accompanied with violence; a wrangle ...Bk1900 Sc.
• DIBBLE-DABBLE an uproar, accompanied with violence; a wrangle ...Bk1900 Sc.
• DIFFERING wrangling, quarrelling ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FRABBLE †* confused wrangling ...1685
• FRATCH a disagreement, a quarrel, a dispute, a wrangle, brawl, a scolding match ...18C chiefly Eng. dial.
• JANGLERY † idle talk, babbling; wrangling ...c1374
• JARRING quarrelling, disputing, wrangling ...1574
• KABBIE-LABBY an altercation, wrangle, argument, dispute; confused talk ...Bk1902 Sc.
• KEBBIE-LEBBIE an altercation, especially as carried on by a number of persons speaking at one time; a wrangling, a quarrelling ...1794 Sc.
• NABBLE an argument, quarrel, wrangle ...1876 Eng. dial.
• NARG continual grumbling, importuning, or fault-finding; peevish wrangling ...1866 Sc.
• RABBLE a wrangle, quarrel, dispute ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• RAGGLE a wrangle, a dispute, an argument ...1866 Sc.
• RALLY an angry scolding; a wrangling ...Bk1905 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SCASHLE a squabble, a wrangle; a scuffle ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SKASHLE a squabble, a wrangle; a scuffle ...Bk1904 Sc.
• TIPPET-SCUFFLE † an ecclesiastical wrangle ...1641
• WHITTLE WHANGING wrangling ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• YABBLE wrangling, altercation ...1866 Sc.
• YABBLIN wrangling, altercating ...1866 Sc.
• YED contention, wrangling; strife ...1719 Sc.
wrangle, wrangling - person (includes WRANGLER)
• BARGAINER † a quarreller, a wrangler, a bully ...c1500 Sc.
• BARRETER † a common wrangler or quarreller; one that is ever suing and molesting others without cause ...Bk1719
• BRANGLER a quarrelsome, wrangling person ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CANGLER a wrangler; a quarrelsome disputant ...1730 Sc.
• HAFTER † a caviller, a wrangler, a haggler, a dodger ...1519
• RACKABITE a wrangling, tyrannical person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
wrangle, wrangling - verbs
• ARGUE-BARGUE to argue, to wrangle ...1887 orig. Sc.
• ARGUFY to argue, dispute, wrangle ...1804 colloq.
• ARGY-BARGY to argue, to wrangle ...1887 orig. Sc.
• BACK-JAW to use abusive language towards; to wrangle ...1866 Sc.
• BARGLE vb. to bandy words, to wrangle, to carry on a useless controversy ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BICKER to dispute, to quarrel, to wrangle ...a1450
• BRABBLE † to quarrel about trifles, to quarrel noisily, to brawl, to squabble, to wrangle ...c1530 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• CABBLE to dispute violently, to quarrel, to wrangle ...19C Sc.
• CABBY-LABBY to altercate, to wrangle ...1808 Sc.
• CAFFLE to cavil, to quarrel, to wrangle ...1886 Eng. dial.
• CALLET to scold, to rail, to wrangle, to grumble ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CAMP † to wrangle, to scold ...1606 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• CAMPLE † to scold, bully; to retort, answer pertly; to argue or contend saucily; to wrangle or quarrel; to be sulky or cross ...1621 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• CANGLE to dispute acrimoniously; to wrangle ...1619 Sc.
• CATTERBATTER to wrangle good-humouredly ...19C Sc.
• CHOP LOGIC to wrangle pedantically ...Bk1999
• DABBER to quarrel, to wrangle ...1825 Sc.
• DABBLE to wrangle, to quarrel ...1869 Sc.
• DACKER to wrangle ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DAUBLE to wrangle, to quarrel ...1869 Sc.
• DEBATE † to fight, to contend, to strive, to quarrel, to wrangle ...c1340 obs.
• DIBBER-DABBER to wrangle ...Bk1900 Sc.
• DIBBLE-DABBLE to wrangle ...Bk1900 Sc.
• DIFFER to quarrel, to wrangle; to disagree ...1849 Eng. dial.
• EAGGLE-BAGGLE † to wrangle, to argue persistently ...1721 Sc.
• EAGGLE-BARGIN † to wrangle, to argue persistently ...1721 Sc.
• FRABBLE * to bicker, wrangle ...1885
• FRAPLE † to dispute, to wrangle, to bluster ...a1595
• FRATCH to disagree, to quarrel, to dispute; to wrangle; to scold, to find fault with ...1714 chiefly Eng. dial.
• GABBLE to scold in an ill-natured way; to wrangle, to be querulous ...Bk1900 Sc.
• HABBLE to quarrel, to wrangle ...1808 Sc.
• HAGGLE-BARGAIN to argue, to wrangle over the price of anything ...1898 Sc.
• HASSLE to quarrel or wrangle over something ...M20 colloq.
• JANGLE to speak angrily, harshly, or discordantly; to grumble, to murmur, to contend, to dispute, to wrangle, to squabble ...a1300 arch.
• JAR to quarrel; to argue, to dispute, to bicker, to wrangle ...1550
• JAVEL to wrangle, to dispute, to quarrel ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• KABBIE-LABBY to argue, to dispute, to wrangle ...1898 Sc.
• KEBBIE-LEBBIE to altercate, to wrangle; to quarrel ...18C Sc.
• PULL CAPS to wrangle in an unseemly way; to scuffle, to quarrel; said only of women ...1763 colloq.
• RABBLE to wrangle ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• RAFFLE †* to quarrel, to wrangle ...c1750
• RAG to wrangle over a subject. to argue, to dispute ...1889 Eng. dial. & sl.
• RAGGLE to argue, to wrangle, to dispute, to bicker, to banter ...1866 Sc.
• SCABBLE † to squabble, to quarrel, to wrangle acrimoniously ...1804 Sc.
• SCASH to wrangle ...1801 Sc.
• SCASHIE to wrangle, to squabble ...1898 Sc.
• SCASHLE to quarrel, to squabble, to wrangle ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCASS to wrangle ...1801 Sc.
• SCRAFFLE to quarrel, to wrangle, to dispute ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SKASHIE to wrangle, to squabble ...1898 Sc.
• SKASHLE to quarrel, to squabble, to wrangle ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SKRAFFLE to quarrel, to wrangle, to dispute ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• THREAP to argue, to dispute; to wrangle, to quarrel, to contend ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• WARBLE †* to quarrel, to wrangle ...1600
• YADDLE † to contend, to wrangle ...1825 Sc.
• YAGGAZ to wrangle, to quarrel ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YAGGLE to quarrel, wrangle, bicker ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• YARG to talk incessantly; to argue doggedly and tiresomely; to carp, to wrangle, to criticize ...a1838 Sc.
• YED to contend, to wrangle ...1570 Sc.
WRAP - nouns
• HAP a covering or wrap of any kind; a coverlet, a rug; a thick outer garment, dress, clothing ...1724 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
wrap - verbs
• BECLIP to wrap round, to enclose, to encircle, to surround ...c1000 arch.
• BEFOLD to fold up, to enfold, to wrap up, to envelop ...a1000
• BEMUFFLE to wrap, to envelop ...1583
• BEWRAP to wrap up, clothe, cover, envelop ...c1225
• HEAL to cover; to wrap up, to tuck up the bed-clothes ...1695 Eng. dial.
• LAP to wrap, to enfold, to make into a parcel ...1880 Sc.
• OBVELE †* to wrap up, to veil, to cover ...1654
• OBVOLVE * to wrap round, to muffle up; to disguise ...1623
• PULL CAPS to quarrel, to wrangle, to struggle together ...1763 colloq.
• SCARF † to wrap, to envelop ...1812 Sc.
• UMBLAY † to wrap round ...a1300
• UMCAST to bind, to wrap round ...1887 Sc.
• WADDLE to wrap up clumsily; to swaddle; to entwine ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WALLOP to wrap up, esp. to wrap up hastily and clumsily ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WAP † to wrap, to envelop; also, to wrap a covering about something ...c1375
WRAPPED - adjectives
• HAPPED covered or wrapped up with wrappings or clothes ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
wrapped - person
• TUZZY-MUZZY a person much wrapped up ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
WRAPPER - nouns
• TOILET † a piece of stuff used as a wrapper for clothes ...1540
WRAPPING - adjectives
• OBVOLVENT wrapping or folding round ...1857
wrapping - nouns
• FARDEL † that in which something is wrapped; a wrapping, a wrapper ...1388
• HAPPING a covering, a wrapping, a coverlet ...1801 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• LAP a wrapping round, a fold or coil ...1880 Sc.
• TETHERMENT a wrapping or bandage of any kind ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
WRAPPING PAPER - nouns
• LAPPING PAPER wrapping paper ...1795 Sc.
WRATH, WRATHFUL - adjectives
• IRACUND inclined to wrath; prone to anger; passionate, irascible, irritable ...1821
• IROUS † wrathful, angry, enraged, raging ...a1300
• JEALOUS †* wrathful, furious, angry ...1382
• RANTY-TANTY very angry, wrathful; in a violent passion ...1846 Eng. dial.
• TEENFUL wrathful; troublesome, vexatious ...1861 Sc.
• WACKER angry, wrathful ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WRAW † angry, wrathful, vexed, fierce; characterized by anger or ire ...c1205 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
wrath, wrathful - nouns
• GRAME † anger, wrath, ire ...c1000
• IRE a passion, a fit of wrath ...1898 Sc.
• JEALOUSY † zeal or vehemence of feeling against some person or thing; anger, wrath, indignation ...c1400
• TEEN wrath, anger, rage; vexation; revenge ...1721 Sc. & Eng. dial.
wrath - verbs
• ACHAFE † to heat, to warm; fig. to kindle anyone's wrath; to heat with passion; to chafe ...c1325
WREATH - nouns
• WHIP † a wreath, a garland ...1513 Sc.
WRECK - nouns
• BAGWESH wreck, ruin, bankruptcy ...1881 Eng. dial.
• CRACK-UP an accident; a wreck ...Bk2006 US sl.
wreck - verbs
• BODGE (UP) to ruin; to wreck ...Aust. sl.
• BUST-UP an explosion; hence, a wreck, break-up, etc ...1842 US sl.
• CRACK UP to wreck ...US Civil War usage
• GUM THE GAME to interfere with the smooth running of something; to spoil, to wreck ...1915
• GUM THE WORKS to interfere with the smooth running of something; to spoil, to wreck ...1932
• GUM UP to ruin, to spoil, to throw into confusion; to wreck ...1890 Amer. sl.
• MALAFOOSTER to destroy, to wreck, to ruin ...1950 Sc.
• NAUFRAGATE †* to wreck ...1686
• PAGGER to break or smash; to wreck ...1979 UK market traders' usage
• RACK UP to damage; to wreck; to harm ...1950s US sl.
• RAG to wreck, to make a mess of ...1904 school sl.
• RAMSHACK to wreck; to put out of shape or order ...1964 Amer. dial.
• RAMSHACKLE to throw into confusion; to reduce to a state of disorder, to wreck ...1825 Sc.
• SHAMBLE to wreck, to devastate, to make a shambles of ...M20 US
• TEAR UP to break, to damage, to wreck ...1939 Amer. dial.
WRECKAGE - nouns
• LAGAN goods or wreckage lying on the bed of the sea ...1531 Law term
WRECKED - adjectives
• AWRACK wrecked; ruined ...1627
• CACTUS ruined, useless, wrecked ...1945 Aust. sl.
• SHAMBLED wrecked, made a shambles of ...M20 US
WRECKING - nouns
• RACKING † wrecking, destruction ...1689
WREN - nouns
• CHITTY the wren ...1785 Eng. dial.
• CUTTY the wren ...1776 Eng. dial.
• CUTTY-QUEAN the wren ...1776 Eng. dial.
• DICKY the wren, Troglodytes parvulus ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DICKY-PUG the wren, Troglodytes vulgaris ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• JENNY WREN the wren ...1648
• KATIE the wren, Nannus troglodytes ...1889 Sc.
• KITTY WREN the wren ...1648
• LADY'S O' HEAVEN'S HEN the wren, Troglodytes parvulus ...1895 Sc.
• NANNY-FODGER the wren, Troglodytes parvulus ... Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NANNY-FUDGER the wren, Troglodytes parvulus ... Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NUNNY-FUDGER the wren, Troglodytes vulgaris ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• OOIT the wren, Troglodytes troglodytes ...1964 Sc.
• SALLY the wren, Troglodytes parvulus ...1885 Ireland
• TINTIE the wren, Troglodytes parvulus ...1885 Eng. dial.
WRENCH - nouns
• RACK a sprain, wrench, dislocation ...1761 Sc.
• RAMP a severe wrench; a sprain ...1783 Eng. dial.
• RAX a strain; a sprain; a wrench of a limb or a muscle ...1895 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RICK a sprain, strain, wrench ...1852 Eng. dial.
• SCASH a twist, a wrench; a turning to one side ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCASHLE a twist, a wrench; a turning to one side ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCASS a twist, a wrench; a turning to one side ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SIDE-STEP a false step wrenching the limb ...1882 Sc.
• SKASHLE a twist, a wrench; a turning to one side ...Bk1904 Sc.
• THROW a twist, a wrench, a sprain; the act of twisting or wriggling; a turn of the hand ...1785 Sc.
• YANK a tug, a pull, a wrench ...E19 sl.
wrench - verbs
• GAG to strain or wrench a limb or joint ...1870 Eng. dial.
• RACK to wrench, to sprain, to dislocate, to twist ...1761 Sc.
• RICK to sprain, to strain, to twist, to wrench ...1809 Eng. dial.
• THROW to twist; to wreath, to wind; to wrench, to sprain; to wring the neck; to turn a key; to torture, esp. by twisting a cord round the head ...1641 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YARK to jerk; to seize or pull forcibly; to snatch, to wrench, to force ...1811 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YERK, YIRK to jerk; to seize or pull forcibly; to snatch, to wrench, to force ...1811 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
WRENCH (tool) - nouns
• PAIR OF FOOTPRINTS a pipe-wrench ...1930s Aust. sl.
WRENCHED - adjectives
• RAXED of a limb: wrenched ...1898 Sc.
WRESTLE, WRESTLING - adjectives
• PAL(A)ESTRAL pert. to wrestling or athletics; athletic ...c1374
• PAL(A)ESTRIAN pert. to wrestling or athletics; athletic ...1828
• PAL(A)ESTRIC pert. to wrestling or athletics; athletic ...1774
• PAL(A)ESTRICAL † pert. to wrestling or athletics; athletic ...1579
wrestle, wrestling - nouns
• BRASTLE a push; an encounter; a wrestle ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BREEK-BANDIT a wrestling match ...Bk1911 Sc.
• FAIR-FA' a wrestling match ...Bk1900 Sc.
• FLYING MARE a wrestling throw in which a wrestler seizes his opponent's arm or head and turns to throw him over his shoulder
• GUZZLER a strangle-hold, esp. in wrestling ...1972 Amer. sl.
• LIFE, THE the business and lifestyle of professional wrestling ...1999 US sl.
• PAL(A)ESTRA a place devoted to the public teaching and practice of wrestling and other athletic exercises; a wrestling-school, gymnasium ...1412-20
• RINGCRAFT skill in boxing or wrestling ...1888
• THRUT a throw or fall in wrestling ...1898 Eng. dial.
wrestle, wrestling - person
• BABY in professional wrestling: a wrestler or other participant designed to be an audience favourite ...1980 US sl.
• BABYFACE 1. in professional wrestling: the wrestler designed by the promoters to be the audience favourite in a match ...1958 US sl.
2. any figure in the professional wrestling industry designed to be cheered or liked by the fans ...1999 US sl.
• BLACKLEG in wrestling, one who makes no real attempt to throw his opponent, generally with the object of winning bets made through an accomplice ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• CARPENTER a skilful wrestler ...1980 Amer. sl.
• FACE in professional wrestling: a wrestler who is designed by the promoters to be seen by the audience as a hero ...1990 US sl.
• FAGGOT in wrestling: a man who bargains not to win ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FLYWEIGHT a wrestler weighing not more than 115 pounds (52 kg)
• FREAK a wrestler whose huge size is obviously the result of the use of anabolic steroids ...1996 US sl.
• GIBRONI a professional wrestler who is regularly assigned to lose ...1999 US sl.
• GRUNTER a professional wrestler ...1936 Amer. journalists' usage
• KEMP a big, strong, and brave warrior or athlete; a professional fighter, wrestler, etc.; a champion ...a700
• NAME a popular, high-profile professional wrestler ...1995 US sl.
• PÆDOTRIBE in ancient Greece: one who taught wrestling and other exercises - a gymnastic master ...1594
• PALAESTRIAN, PALESTRIAN one who practiced wrestling in the palaestra ...1599
• PALOOKA a boxer, occasionally a wrestler, usually one who is both large and stupid ...1920s sl.
• SALESMAN a professional wrestler who does a good job of feigning pain, anger, or fear ...1999 US sl.
wrestle, wrestling - verbs
• BREEK-BAND to lay hold of the band of the breeches; to wrestle ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DIRT ONE'S BACK to throw one on one's back in wrestling; to defeat one ...1959 Amer. dial.
• DUST ONE'S BACK to wrestle, to throw a man ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• FAGGOT in wrestling: to 'sell one's back', to bargain not to win ...1862 Eng. dial.
• FAIR-FA' to wrestle ...Bk1900 Sc.
• GUSH in professional wrestling: to bleed ...1992 US sl.
• REEL † to contend; to wrestle ...1791 Sc.
• TAVE to struggle; to tumble or wrestle in sport ...1804 Sc.
• THRIMBLE to crowd, to throng, to press; to wrestle ...1774 Sc.
WRETCH, WRETCHED - adjectives
• BALEFUL unhappy, wretched, miserable; distressed, sorrowful, mournful ...c1325 arch.
• CAITIFF vile, base, mean, basely wicked; worthless, miserable, wretched ...a1300
• DAMN cursed, wretched ...1770s
• DANGED damned; wretched; nasty; accursed ...1870s Amer. euphemism
• DARN wretched, nasty; silly ...1780s
• DARNED wretched, nasty; silly ...1780s
• DARNFOOL wretched, nasty; silly; stupid and irritating ...1780s
• DAUNY, DAWNEY, DAWNY wretched; miserable; pale; sickly; weakly; delicate, in poor health ...Bk1900 Irish usage
• DERN damn; wretched, nasty; silly ...1780s euphemism
• DOG-ASS wretched; inferior; pitiable ...20C Amer. sl.
• DOG-ASSED wretched; inferior; pitiable ...20C Amer. sl.
• DOG-BOLT † wretched, miserable, mean, base, degraded, contemptible ...1580
• DONNY wretched; miserable; pale; sickly-looking ...Irish usage
• DURN wretched, nasty; silly ...1780s
• DURNED wretched, nasty; silly ...1780s
• FACOCKTA accursed; wretched ...1990s Amer. sl.
• HAMMERED-DOWN stunted; short; wretched; worthless; insignificant ...1919 Amer. dial.
• HEAN † mean, abject, poor; humble, lowly; abased, ignoble; miserable, wretched, dejected, humiliated; of little importance, trivial ...c825
• HENE † mean, abject, poor; humble, lowly; abased, ignoble; miserable, wretched, dejected, humiliated; of little importance, trivial ...c825
• HILDING cowardly, spiritless, base, menial, mean, wretched ...1581 arch.
• LOUSY mean, wretched, contemptible ...c1386
• LOUSY AS A BANDICOOT mean, wretched ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• MALEUROUS † unhappy, unfortunate, wretched ...1471
• MISEASY † miserable; wretched; uneasy; uncomfortable ...c1290
• MISERLY † wretched, mean, shabby ...1900 Sc.
• MISHAPPY † unhappy, miserable, sad, wretched ...c1386
• RASCAL † wretched, mean ...1585
• RASCALLY wretched, miserable, mean ...1606
• RATTY wretched or in poor condition; nasty; mean; shabby, scruffy, or ragged ...1867 colloq.
• SEEDY wretched, miserable ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SIMPLE † poor, wretched, pitiful, dismal ...a1300
• SNIDDY contemptible, bad, wretched ...Bk1903 sl.
• TINPOT wretched, miserable ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TINPOTTY wretched, miserable ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• UNBLESTFUL † unfortunate, wretched, miserable, suffering misfortune ...1608
• UNHEARTY disheartened; cheerless; wretched, sad ...1845 Sc.
• UNISELE † unhappy, wretched ...c1205
• UNISELI † unhappy, wretched ...c1175
• VENGEABLE † miserable, wretched ...c1430
• WANLICHE † miserable, wretched ...1205
wretch, wretched - nouns
• CAITIFDOM † wretchedness, misery ...c1460
• CAITIFHEDE † wretchedness, misery ...c1340
• CAITIFNESS † wretchedness, misery ...1393
• CAITIFTY † wretchedness, misery ...a1300
• DOG'S LIFE, A a wretched existence
• GUTTER, THE a wretched and lowly venue ...1846 Amer. sl.
• SHITBOX * a wretched place; a dirty or dilapidated dwelling; a remote, downtrodden, or unpleasant city, town, etc. ...1966 sl.
• SHITHOUSE a wretched place ...1949 sl.
wretch, wretched - person
• ASPERSEAND a term of abuse; a wretch ...1848 Ireland
• BEING a wretched or unfortunate person ...Bk1898 N. Ireland
• BEZONIAN † a term of contempt: a needy beggar; a poor wretch; a base fellow; a mean, low person; a knave; a rascal; a scoundrel ...1611
• BILGE RAT a wretch; a lowlife ...1929 US nautical sl.
• BRETHEL † a worthless fellow; a good-for-nothing wretch; a miserable wretch ...c1440
• BROLL † a child, offspring; contemptuously, a brat, a little wretch ...a1325 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• CAITIFF † a wretched, miserable person; a poor wretch; one in a piteous case ...c1325
• CALDERA a wretched-looking person; a spiritless person; a coward ...Ireland
• CHITTY-FACE † a term of reproach or contempt; a pitiful, wretched, sneaking fellow ...1601 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• CULLION † a term of great contempt; a base, despicable, or vile fellow; a bad fellow; a mean wretch; a scoundrel, a rascal ...1575
• DOG a worthless or contemptible person; a wretch ...c1330
• DOG-BOLT † a term of contempt or reproach applied to a person; a contemptible fellow; a mean wretch or villain ...1465
• DONDER a wretch ...S. Afr. sl.
• DOUCHE BAG (derogatory) a wretched and disgusting person ...Bk2006 US sl.
• EARTHWORM a mean or grovelling or servile person; a covetous, grasping person; a miser; a sordid wretch ...1594
• FART HOLE (derogatory) a wretched and worthless person ...Bk2006 US sl.
• FRIGGER a person, esp. a man, who is despicable, wretched, formidable, etc. ...1953 US sl.
• FUCKER a person, esp. a man, who is despicable, wretched, formidable, or contemptible ...a1890 sl.
• GULLION a contemptible and mean wretch; a soft, worthless fellow ...1825 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• GUTTERPUP a vulgar person; a vile wretch; a person of the gutter; a bum ...1869 US sl.
• GUTTERSNIPE a vulgar person; a vile wretch ...1869 Amer. sl.
• HAINE, HAYNE, HEYNE † a term of reproach; a mean wretch, a niggard ...c1386
• HILDING a contemptible, worthless person; a mean, base, cowardly fellow; a wretch ...1601 arch.
• JOE ERK a fool; an oaf; a jerk; a wretched man ...World Wars rhyming sl. for 'jerk' and 'berk'
• JOE HUNT a fool; an oaf; a jerk; a wretched man ...20C Brit. rhyming sl. for 'cunt'
• MISER † a wretch, a miserable person ...1820 Sc.
• MORTLING a poor wretched person ...Bk1880 Eng. dial.
• NANNY PINCH-POT a penurious person; a covetous, miserable wretch ...1893 Eng. dial.
• NIDDERING a base coward or wretch ...1596
• PALLION a big, gangling, raw-boned man or woman; a rough, ungainly or worthless type of person; a wretch, a scold ...1920 Sc.
• PULLION a big, gangling, raw-boned man or woman; a rough, ungainly or worthless type of person; a wretch, a scold ...1920 Sc.
• RABSCALLION a rascal, a knave, a rogue; a vagabond, a scamp; a worthless wretch ...1699
• RAGGARD a wicked and abandoned wretch; a rough and ragged vagabond ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAGGELT a person of low character; a wicked and abandoned wretch ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAKESHAME * a man of loose character; a base, rascally fellow; a lewd, debauched fellow; a vile, dissolute wretch; an uncouth and wicked boy ...1599
• RAMSCALLION an offensively dirty person; a vagrant of low, rude, worthless habits; a mean wretched fellow ...1733 now chiefly N. Eng. dial.
• RAMSCULLION † an offensively dirty person; a worthless wretch; a rascal; a wild, reckless fellow; a vagabond, a vagrant; a ne'er-do-well ...1866 Sc.
• RAPSCALLION a worthless wretch; a rascal, a rogue, a scamp; a wild, reckless fellow; a vagabond; a ne'er-do-well ...1699
• RASCABILIAN † a worthless wretch; a rascal ...1622
• RASCALLION * a low, mean or worthless wretch or rascal; a rogue, a knave ...1649
• REEPAN † a very lean person or animal; a low wretch ...1824 Sc.
• REPTILE a degraded wretch; a baseling ...Bk1903 sl.
• SAUNTRELL †* a term of contempt; a babbler; a wretch ...c1440
• SAUTEREL(L) † a wretch: a term of abuse; a hypocrite; one pretending sanctity ...c1440
• SCHLEMOZZLE, SHLEMOZZLE a luckless, accident-prone wretch ...Brit. sl.
• SCRAPE-ALL † a miserable wretch or griping fellow; a miser ...a1790
• SCROYLE † a mean fellow; a rascal, a scoundrel, a wretch; a term of contempt ...1595
• SLUBBERDEGULLION a dirty, mean fellow; a worthless, slovenly fellow; a base, foul, nasty wretch ...a1616
• SNIDE a wretched man; a hateful fellow; a contemptible person; an informer: a two-faced, underhand person; someone who isn't what he seems; a phony; a mean, dishonest person ...E20 sl.
• SNIRP a contemptible undersized wretch ...Bk1903 sl.
• TOM DINGLE a poor, wretched fellow ...1711
• VRATCH a wretch ...1892 Sc.
• WALLIDRAG, WALLYDRAG a worthless person, a wretch, a wastrel, a good-for-nothing; a slovenly, untidy, dishevelled person ...1754 Sc.
• WALLIDRAGGLE, WALLYDRAGGLE a worthless person, a wretch, a wastrel, a good-for-nothing; a slovenly, untidy, dishevelled person ...1754 Sc.
• WARNOUR † a miser, a wretch, a niggard ...1513 Sc.
wretch, wretched - phrases
• IT'S A DOG'S LIFE said of an unpleasant situation or of one's whole wretched existence ...20C sl.
WRETCHEDLY - adverbs
• CAITIFLY † wretchedly, miserably ...1393
• FECKLESSLY feebly, ineffectually; wretchedly ...1862
• UNISELICHE † unhappily, wretchedly ...c1205
WRIGGLE - nouns
• SCRIGGLE, SKRIGGLE a quick motion caused by tickling, a wriggle ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
WAMBLE a rolling or unsteady motion; a totter, a quivering or shaking, a wriggle, a tumble ...1825 Sc.
wriggle - verbs
• FIGGLE † to fidget about, to wriggle ...a1652 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• KELTER to wriggle, to move with an undulating motion; to move uneasily, as a queasy stomach ...1808 Sc.
• OAG to crawl, to creep, to scramble; to wriggle ...1892 Sc.
• OG to creep, to crawl, to wriggle; to move slowly; to be infected with vermin ...a1838 Sc.
• SCRIGGLE to wriggle about; to struggle violently ...1896 Eng. dial.
• SCURRIFUNGE to wriggle about ...1894 perhaps Eng. dial.
• SKRIGGLE to wriggle about; to struggle violently ...1896 Eng. dial.
• WABBLE to wriggle about ...1928 Sc.
• WAMBLE † to turn and twist the body about; to roll or wriggle about, to roll over and over ...c1420 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• WAMPISH † to wriggle, to twist or swerve about, like a fish swimming ...1824 Sc.
• WRABBLE †* to wriggle ...1513
• WRIG to wriggle, to writhe ...Bk1854 Eng. dial.
WRIGGLING - adjectives
• EELY resembling an eel in movement; wriggling, writhing ...1871
• WRIGGLESOME * wriggling ...1891
wriggling - nouns
• SCRIGGLER a wriggling creature; an eel ...1895 Eng. dial.
• THROW a twist, a wrench, a sprain; the act of twisting or wriggling; a turn of the hand ...1785 Sc.
WRING - verbs
• THRIST to thrust, to push; to press, to squeeze, to hug; to wring ...1838 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TRIST to thrust, to push; to press, to squeeze, to hug; to wring ...1838 Sc.
WRINKLE - nouns
• BEGGAR'S-PLAITS wrinkles or creases in garments as if slept in ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CATFACE a wrinkle or pucker left on a garment when ironed improperly ...1952 Amer. dial., chiefly Black usage
• CAT'S FACE a wrinkle or pucker left on a garment when ironed improperly ...1952 Amer. dial., chiefly Black usage
• CRIMPLE † a crease, wrinkle, or fold; a crinkle ...c1440 obs. exc. Eng. & Amer. dial.
• FURROW a deep wrinkle on the face ...1589
• GALL a crease or wrinkle in cloth ...1787 Sc.
• MILEAGE wrinkles ...1960s Amer. sl.
• REEVE a wrinkle ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• RUELLE a wrinkle ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• WRIMPLE † a crease or fold; a wrinkle ...1499
wrinkle - verbs
• CAPERATE † to wrinkle ...1657
• CRIMPLE † to wrinkle, crumple, crinkle, curl ...c1440 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• FURL † to make undulations on a surface; to furrow, to wrinkle ...1689
• FURROW to make wrinkles in ...1597
• GATHER * to form folds or wrinkles ...1816
• REEVE to draw into wrinkles; to pucker; to twist round; to shrivel up; to roll up the sleeves ...1821 Eng. dial.
• RIBBLE to wrinkle ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRINK to wrinkle, to screw up; to peer with screwed-up, half-closed eyes ...1897 Eng. dial.
• SCRUPLE to rumple; to twist up; to wrinkle ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SKRINK to wrinkle, to screw up; to peer with screwed-up, half-closed eyes ...1897 Eng. dial.
• TAW to twist; to get crooked or out of shape; to crease, to wrinkle; to entwist, as the end of a rope ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WRIMPLE †* to wrinkle, to crumple ...1611
WRINKLED - adjectives
• ALL IN A QUOBBLE of a woman's hands: shrivelled and wrinkled from being too long in the washtub ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• CAPERATED † wrinkled like a goat's horn ...1657
• FURROW-FACED having wrinkles on the face or forehead ...1607
• FURROW-FRONTED having wrinkles on the face or forehead ...1640
• MOSSY-HEADED old, wrinkled ...1967 Amer. dial.
• MOSSYHORN old, wrinkled ...1885 Amer. dial.
• REEVED UP crinkled, wrinkled ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• ROCKLED wrinkled ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• SCORY wrinkled, lined ...1846 Eng. dial.
• SCRANKY lean, lank, thin, scraggy; withered, wrinkled ...1856 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCRANNY thin, meagre, scraggy; withered, wrinkled ...1878 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCRANNY-LOOKING thin, meagre, scraggy; withered, wrinkled ...1878 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SHRINKLED shrunk, wrinkled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SHROCKLED shrunk; shrivelled, withered; wrinkled, puckered ...1790 Eng. dial.
• SKRANKY lean, lank, thin, scraggy; withered, wrinkled ...1856 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• WRINKLED AS A PRUNE very wrinkled ...Bk1995 US sl.
• WRIZZLED † marked with creases, wrinkles, or corrugations; wrinkled, shrivelled ...1590 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• WROCKLED wrinkled ...B1900 Eng. dial.
wrinkled - person
• CAG any old wrinkled female, as an old woman, cow, ewe, etc. ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• FURROW-FACE † one who has a wrinkled face ...1621
• SCRANNY an ill-natured, wrinkled old woman ...1824 Sc.
wrinkled - verbs
• WIZZLE to shrivel or dry up, to become wrinkled; to pucker ...1834 Amer. dial.
WRIST - nouns
• ARM-WRIST * the wrist ...1655 Eng. dial.
• HAND-WRIST † the wrist or joint of the hand ...a1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• OLIVER (TWIST) the wrist ...L19 Aust. rhyming sl.
wrist - verbs
• REIST to strain or sprain the wrist ...Bk1904 Sc.
WRIT - nouns
• PARCHMENT DAB a writ ...E18 sl.
WRITE, WRITER, WRITING - adjectives
• ANOPISTHOGRAPH having no writing or printing on the back; inscribed only on one side ...1887
• ANOPISTHOGRAPHIC having no writing or printing on the back; inscribed only on one side ...1871
• CACOGRAPHIC pert. to bad writing or incorrect spelling ...1838
• CACOGRAPHICAL pert. to bad writing or incorrect spelling ...1838
• CALLIGRAPHICAL † pert. to calligraphy; also, of a beautiful literary style ...1630
• CANNED of writing or information: rote, pre-packaged ...1920s US sl.
• OMNISCRIBENT writing on all subjects ...1891
• OMNISCRIPTIVE writing on all subjects ...1821
• QUICK 1. † of speech, writings, etc.: lively, full of vigour or acute reasoning; smart, sprightly ...a1225
2. † of speech or writing: sharp, caustic ...1580
• PANGRAPHIC writing on all subjects or in all forms ...1821
• RACY of speech, writing, etc.: having a characteristic sprightliness, liveliness, or piquancy ...a1667
• RUNNING †* of a person: that writes fluently ...1628
• SCRANK of writing: thin, sprawling ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCRANKY of writing: thin, ill-formed ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCRIBACIOUS * given to, or fond of, writing ...a1677
• SCRIPTITIOUS * committed to writing...1802-12
• SCRIPTURIENT * having a desire for writing or authorship ...1643
• TACHYGRAPHIC pert. to the art of rapid writing; specifically applied to a cursive or running handwriting as opposed to one having separate and fully-formed letters ...a1763
• TACHYGRAPHICAL pert. to the art of rapid writing; specifically applied to a cursive or running handwriting as opposed to one having separate and fully-formed letters ...1764
• TRUCULENT of speech or writing: rude; scathing; savage; harsh ...1850
• WRITATIVE * disposed to write; fond of or addicted to writing; marked by inclination to writing ...1736
write, writer, writing - adverbs
• FAIRLY of writing: neatly, elegantly ...1594 arch.
write, writer, writing - nouns
• CACOGRAPHY bad writing; bad handwriting ...1656
• CALLIGRAPH a beautiful specimen of writing ...1878
• CALOGRAPHY * calligraphy ...1804
• GRAPHOMANIA a mania for writing ...1840
• HOOKS AND CROOKS letters; writing ...1804 Amer. sl.
• INEDITA unpublished writings ...E20
• LARGENESS † lengthiness or prolixity of discourse or writing ...1561
• LEGEND * written character, writing ...1822
• LETTERS † writings, written records ...c1250
• LETTRURE † a writing, a written book, a story ...a1300
• MACROGRAPHY the use of very large characters in writing, sometimes carried to such an extreme by the insane that a word of three or four letters will run across the entire page ...1899
• MANUSCRIPTION * the act of writing by hand; that which is written by hand; a written inscription ...1800
• MOGIGRAPHIA difficult or cramped writing; writer's cramp ...1856
• OPISTHOGRAPH in Greek and Roman antiquity: a manuscript written on the back as well as the front of the papyrus or parchment; also, a slab inscribed on both sides ...1623
• OPISTHOGRAPHY the practice of writing on both sides of a papyrus, slab, etc.; writing of this kind ...1684
• PALIMPSEST † paper, parchment, or other writing material prepared for writing on and wiping out again, like a slate ...1661
• SANCTITUDE † of a writer: chastity or decorum of expression ...1855
• SCART a stroke of a pen; a scrap of writing ...1818 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCRANKS of writing: badly-formed letters ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCRAPE OF THE PEN, A a few lines, a letter, writing ...1844 Eng. dial.
• SCRAT OF A PEN, A a scrap of writing; a letter ...1881 Eng. dial.
• SCRIBBLE-SCRABBLE a scribble; hasty or careless writing ...1838
• SCRIBE a mark made with the pen; a scrap of writing; a letter ...1900 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCRIBE OF THE PEN a mark made with the pen; a scrap of writing; a letter ...1900 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCRIPTION 1. † a writing; a document; an inscription obs.
2. * the act of writing ...1802-12
• SCRIPTITATION †* continual writing ...1653
• SCRIVE a piece of writing; a letter; a statement or story written; handwriting; a short sermon ...1894 Sc.
• SCRIVENING-TIME time set apart for writing ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SULPHUR pungent talk, writing, or language ...1897 colloq.
• TACHYGRAPHY the art or practice of quick writing; applied to shorthand, and to cursive as distinguished from angular letters ...1641
• TITLE † a document; a writing, a letter ...c1330
• WAG OF THE PEN, A the least scrap of writing; a brief letter ...1888 Sc.
write, writer, writing - person
• ABSURDIST a writer, performer, etc., whose work presents an audience or readership with absurdities, typically in portraying the futility of human struggle in a senseless and inexplicable world; esp. a writer or proponent of absurdist drama ...1929
• AUTHORLING a petty author; an insignificant writer ...1771
• BEE a sweet writer ...1753
• BIBLIOGRAPHER † a writer of books; a copyist ...M17
• BLACKSMITH a below-par reporter or writer, i.e. one who pounds out copy or news stories ...1882 Amer. journalists' sl.
• BOO a ghostwriter ...1970s sl.
• BOOKER † a writer of books ...OE
• BULLY-SCRIBBLER † a writer who bullies ...a1715
• CACOGRAPHER a bad writer or speller ...1880
• CALLIGRAPH one who writes beautifully; a professional transcriber of manuscripts ...1853 arch.
• CALLIGRAPHER one who writes beautifully ...1815
• CALLIGRAPHIST one who writes beautifully ...1816
• DACTYLIST †* a writer or poet of dactylic verse ...1785
• FABULAR † a narrator or recorder of tales or fictions - a writer of fiction ...1565 obs.
• FABULIST one who relates fables or legends - a writer or teller of apologues or parables ...1593
• FALSE WRITER † one who writes incorrectly ...a1300
• FANTAST a fantastic writer; one who aims at eccentricity of style ...1873
• FEATHER-DRIVER † a quill-driver; a hack writer; a clerk ...1713
• GHOST WRITER one who writes something for pay which is then attributed to another; politicians generally use ghostwriters to compose their speeches ...1927 orig. US
• HACK a person whose services may be hired for any kind of work required of him; a common drudge; a literary drudge who hires himself out to do any and every kind of literary work; hence, a poor writer, a mere scribbler ...a1700
• HACKNEY † a person whose services may be hired for any kind of work required of him; a menial servant; a common drudge; especially, a literary drudge who hires himself out to do any and every kind of literary work; hence, a poor writer, a mere scribbler ...1546
• HACKNEY SCRIBBLERS poor hirelings; mercenary writers ...Bk1690
• HERO OF THE QUILL a distinguished writer ...Bk1913 Western Can. sl.
• ICONOMICAR †* a writer on husbandry ...1523
• INK-SLINGER an author, a reviewer, a writer ...1888 sl.
• KNIGHT OF THE QUILL an author, a writer, a journalist ...L17 colloq.
• NEOTERIC a modern; a modern writer or author ...1598
• ORATOR †* an eloquent writer ...1587
• PAPER-BLURRER a term of contempt for an inferior writer ...1581
• PEN-PUSHER (usually derogatory) someone engaged in writing or desk work; an office worker ...1911 sl.
• SCRIPTURIENT one who has a passion for writing ...1659
• SKRIEVER an inferior writer; a mean scribe ...Bk1904 Sc.
• WORDSTER a writer, usually a newspaper columnist ...Bk1975 Amer. sl.
• WRITERLING a petty writer or journalist; an author of the baser sort ...Bk1881
• WRITRIX † a female writer, an authoress ...1772 nonce word
• YELLOW a 'yellow' writer, or a writer of newspaper articles of a reckless or unscrupulous sensational character ...1898
write, writer, writing - verbs
• BELETTER † to serve with letters, to write to ...1655
• BETRAVAIL † to work at; to compose a book, to be the author of, to write ...1387
• BLOT THE SCRIP to put into writing ...M17 sl.
• BLUSTER to disfigure in writing ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CALLIGRAPH to write beautifully or ornamentally ...1884
• FAKE A SCREEVE to write any letter or other paper ...1812 thieves' sl.
• LAB to dash down hurriedly in writing ...1858 Sc.
• LETTERIZE to write letters ...1824
• LUXURIATE † of a writer: to write at exuberant length; to exceed one's limits ...1621
• MANUSCRIBE † to write with one's own hand ...1649
• PALIMPSEST to write anew on parchment, etc., after erasure of the original writing ...1900
• QUILL to use a quill or writing pen; to write ...1890 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCART to write, esp. to write indistinctly; to make any kind of mark on paper; to draw; to sculpture ...1814 Sc.
• SCRANK to make ill-formed, sprawling letters; to write in a scrawling hand ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCRAT to scratch with a pen; to write ...1821 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCRATTLE to scratch with a pen; to write ...1873 Eng. dial.
• SCREED DOWN to write down at great length ...1835 Sc.
• SCREEVE 1. to write ...1813 Sc.
2. to talk, read, or write fast and continuously; to reel off a story ...1874 Sc.
• SCRIBBLE-SCRALL to scribble, to write badly ...1901 Eng. dial.
• SCRIBE to write; to mark, to inscribe ...1787 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCRIEVE 1. to write ...1813 Sc.
2. to talk, read, or write fast and continuously; to reel off a story ...1874 Sc.
• SCRIGGLE to write badly; to scrawl ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRIVE to write ...1813 Sc.
• SKELP to write or perform in a lively manner
• SLING INK to make a business of writing ...Bk1896 colloq.
• STRIVE to write with care ...Bk1904 Christ's Hospital usage
• TOKEN UP †* to put up in writing, to write out ...1535
• UGLYOGRAPHIZE to spell uncouthly; to write in an uncouth manner ...1834
WRITER'S CRAMP - nouns
• MOGIGRAPHIA difficult or cramped writing; writer's cramp ...1856
WRITHE - verbs
• REATH to writhe ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• REEVE to writhe ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• RENZIE to writhe with pain ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCRUGGLE † to contend, struggle; to writhe with more or less force ...1530 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TARVE to struggle; to writhe ...1746 Eng. dial.
• TERVEE, TERVY to struggle; to writhe ...1746 Eng. dial.
• TO-WRITHE † to twist or wrench about; to twist or writhe about ...c1000
• TURVE to struggle; to writhe ...1746 Eng. dial.
• TWANGLE to writhe from pain ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WAMBLE of persons and animals: to roll about, to wriggle, to writhe, to slither, to wallow ...1733 Sc.
• WRIG to wriggle, to writhe ...Bk1854 Eng. dial.
WRITHING - adjectives
• EELY resembling an eel in movement; wriggling, writhing ...1871
WRITING - see WRITE, WRITER, WRITING
WRITING PAD - nouns
• BLOCK a writing pad or tablet ...1965 Amer. dial.
WRITING PAPER - nouns
• SCRIVENING-PAPER writing paper ...1896 Sc.
WRITTEN - adjectives
• MANUSCRIPT written by hand, not printed ...1597
• OPISTHOGRAPHAL † written or inscribed on the back as well as the front ...1684
• OPISTHOGRAPHIC written or inscribed on the back as well as the front ...1813
• TABULARIOUS †* pert. to written documents or accounts ...1656
written - nouns
• LETTER † anything written; an inscription, document, text; a written warrant or authority ...c1325
• MANUSCRIPTION * the act of writing by hand; that which is written by hand; a written inscription ...1800
WRONG - adjectives
• AGLEY wrong; awry ...1824 Sc.
• A-HUH not straightforward or open; wrong ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ALL ABROAD wide of the mark; wrong ...19C sl.
• ALL WET entirely confused or wrong; mistaken ...1923
• DEAD-ASS WRONG completely wrong ...1983 Amer. sl.
• FAULTY wrong ...Bk2006 US sl.
• FUNKY wrong, unsatisfactory ...1990s US teen sl.
• ILL-DONE wrong, mischievous, ill-advised ...1894 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MISDEEDY † doing wrong; mischievous ...a1300 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• OFFBEAT mistaken, wrong, in error ...1958 US sl.
• OFFENCEFUL † causing offence or displeasure; wrong; sinful; criminal ...1603 rare or obs.
• OFFEN ONE'S BOX crazy; foolishly wrong, mistaken ...1903 Amer. dial.
• OFF ONE'S BOX crazy; foolishly wrong; mistaken ...1903 Amer. dial.
• ON TOP wrong; destroyed or defeated ...1999 UK sl.
• OUT OF ONE'S BOX crazy, insane; foolishly wrong, mistaken ...1966 Amer. dial.
• THRAWN perverse, obstinate; cross-grained; rebellious; morally wrong ...1737 Sc.
• UP A GUM TREE in error, wrong ...1950s sl.
• UP THE BOOAY completely wrong or astray ...M20 NZ colloq.
wrong - nouns
• ABUSION † violation of law or right, outrage, wrong; anything opposed to propriety; bad or improper usage; corrupt or shameful fact or practice ...c1374
• BOLLOCKS-UP said of something that's gone wrong ...Brit. sl.
• COCK-UP said of something that's gone wrong ...Brit. sl.
• DINGE IN THE STOVEWOOD something wrong ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FAMOUS LAST WORDS something said that proves singularly wrong or inappropriate ...1940s Amer. sl.
• FUCK-UP said of something that's gone wrong ...Brit. sl.
• INDIAN SIDE the right-hand side, esp. of a horse; hence, the wrong side or wrong way of doing something ...1942 Amer. dial.
• MOLLY HOGAN DEAL a deal with a catch, something wrong ...1966 Can. sl.
• NIGGER IN THE WOODPILE (offensive) something wrong ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NIGGER ON THE FENCE (offensive) something wrong ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PAD IN THE STRAW, A † something amiss; a danger concealed; something wrong ...1530
• SIN †* a fear of doing wrong ...c1300
• WRONGO something wrong or improper; an error, a lie, a misstatement, etc. ...1937 Amer. sl.
wrong - verbs
• BACK THE WRONG HORSE to be wrong, to be mistaken; to make an inappropriate choice ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BE ALL WET to be wrong, to be mistaken ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BE FULL OF PRUNES to be wrong, to be mistaken ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BE IN THE WRONG BOX to be wrong, to be mistaken ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BE IN THE WRONG PEW to be wrong, to be mistaken ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BE OFF YOUR EGGS to make a mistake, to be on the wrong tack ...1844 Sc.
• COUNT ONE'S EGGS to be wrong, to be mistaken ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DAMNIFY * to cause, injury, loss, or inconvenience to; to injure, to damage, to hurt; to inflict injury upon; to wrong ...1512 (very common in the 17th century)
• EAT ONE'S BONNET to go back on one's words, esp. to admit that a public statement was, in fact, wrong ...L18 sl.
• EAT ONE'S BOOTS to go back on one's words, esp. to admit that a public statement was, in fact, wrong ...L18 sl.
• EAT ONE'S CAP to go back on one's words, esp. to admit that a public statement was, in fact, wrong ...L18 sl.
• EAT ONE'S HAT to go back on one's words, esp. to admit that a public statement was, in fact, wrong ...L18 sl.
• EAT ONE'S HEAD vb. to go back on one's words, esp. to admit that a public statement was, in fact, wrong ...M19 sl.
• EAT ONE'S PANTS to go back on one's words, esp. to admit that a public statement was, in fact, wrong ...L18 sl.
• EAT ONE'S SHIRT to go back on one's words, esp. to admit that a public statement was, in fact, wrong ...L18 sl.
• EAT THE GREASER to 'eat one's hat'; to make a public admission of having been wrong ...1901 Amer. dial.
• FADANGLE to cheat, to do wrong ...2000s US Black sl.
• FALL IN to be quite wrong ...c1900 sl.
• FANCY A LOT to fancy something is wrong; to feel hurt or neglected ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FAULT to commit a fault; to do or go wrong; hence, to sin ...c1400 arch.
• FIRE INTO THE WRONG FLOCK. to be wrong, to be mistaken ...1835 Amer. dial.
• GANG AGLEY to err, to go wrong; used in a moral sense ...1788 Sc.
• GET THE WRONG BULL BY THE HORNS to be wrong, to be mistaken ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GET THE WRONG SOW BY THE EAR to be wrong, to be mistaken ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO ALL MOODY ON to fail, to go wrong ...1930s sl.
• GO ASHORE TO WINDWARD said of a person who would go wrong with no excuse ...1916 Amer. dial.
• GO ASKEW to be troublesome, to do wrong actions ...1885 Eng. dial.
• GO PEAR-SHAPED of plans or schemes: to fail; to collapse; to go wrong ...1990s sl.
• HAVE ANOTHER GUESS COMING to be wrong, to be mistaken ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HAVE BEEN READING BOOKS to be wrong, to be mistaken ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HAVE THE WRONG SLANT to be wrong, to be mistaken ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LIGHT UP AND SAY 'TILT' to register by one's expression or reaction that something is wrong ...1950s sl.
• MAKE A BALK † to blunder, to go wrong ...c1430
• MAKE A BUST to make an error in judgement; to be wrong or mistaken ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MALVERSE † to act in a dishonest or corrupt manner; to commit a breach of confidence; to make a wrong decision ...1714 Sc.
• MESS UP to make an error; to do something wrong
• MISDO to transgress, to do wrong ...Bk1903 Eng. dial.
• MISGO to go wrong; to go astray; to fail, to miscarry ...1766 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PLAY SMASH to make a great blunder; to do a thing wholly wrong ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• PULL A BUST to make an error in judgement; to be wrong or mistaken ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PUT THE SADDLE ON THE WRONG HORSE to be wrong, to be mistaken ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• QUEER to put to confusion; to make or cause to feel queer; to cause to go wrong ...1818 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SHITCAN to do someone a wrong ...1950s Aust. & NZ sl.
wrong - interjections/phrases
• ALL GONE TO BOLLOCKS said of something that's gone wrong ...Brit. sl.
• ALL TO BOLLOCKS said of something that's gone wrong ...Brit. sl.
• ALL TO BUGGERY said of something that's gone wrong ...Brit sl.
• ALL TO FUCK said of something that's gone wrong ...Brit. sl.
• DAY THE OMELETTE HIT THE FAN, THE used to describe a day when everything goes wrong ...c1966 sl.
• MALE WRINGS, THE † something is wrong, there is a state of hardship ...c1430
• THAT'S CLOSE! What you just said is completely wrong! ...1950s Amer. sl.
• THERE’S A BLOW IN THE BELL there’s something wrong, something suspicious, somewhere ...1936 criminals’ sl.
• YOU'VE GOT IT ARSE ABOUT FACE you've got it all wrong, back to front ...L19 sl.
WRONG-DOING - adjectives
• FAULTY † that has committed a fault, error, or offense; guilty of wrong-doing ...a1300
• MALEFICENT of persons, their acts and dispositions: wrong-doing, criminal ...1760
wrongdoing - nouns
• MALFEASANCE * wrongdoing; an instance of this ...1856
• OFFENSION † hurt, injury, damage; displeasure, annoyance; what is offensive or causes disgust; wrong-doing, misdeed; fault ...c1374
• SKATE an act of letting someone escape wrongdoing without punishment ...1992 US sl.
wrongdoing - person
• MAINTAINER † one who aids and abets in wrongdoing or error ...c1330
wrongdoing - verbs
• SLING A DEAF 'UN to pretend to be deaf or at least not to hear the last statement; hence to deliberately ignore any form of wrongdoing ...1920s sl.
WRONGFUL - adjectives
• TORTIOUS † wrongful, injurious, hurtful; illegal ...1387-8
WRONGFULLY - adverbs
• NAUGHTILY †* wrongfully, dishonestly ...1622
• SINISTERLY † in a wrongful or wicked manner ...1532
WRONG-HEADED - adjectives
• BACKFOREMOST perverse, wrong-headed ...1889
• CAPERNOITED slightly affected in the head by drinking, tipsy; muddle-headed, wrong-headed ...1719 Sc.
• CAPERNOITY crabbed, irritable, peevish; slightly affected in the head by drinking, muddle-headed, wrong-headed ...1769 Sc.
• OFF AT THE NAIL neglectful of all sense of propriety; mad, wrong-headed ...1897 Sc.
• THIRTINGILL perverse, wrong-headed ...1872 Eng. dial.
WRONGLY - adverbs
• BACKWAY wrongly, awkwardly; in a manner opposed to the proper mode of procedure ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BACKWAY-ON wrongly, awkwardly; in a manner opposed to the proper mode of procedure ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• FALSE † improperly, wrongly ...1596 obs. or arch.
• NAUGHT † badly, wrongly ...1549
• SINISTRALLY † in a sinister manner; perversely; wrongly ...1548
• SINISTROUSLY in an erroneous manner; incorrectly, wrongly, perversely; awkwardly ...1581
WRY - nouns
• MIMMY-MAWKS wry faces, grimaces ...B1900 Eng. dial.
WYOMING - nouns
• EQUALITY STATE Wyoming ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HOLE IN THE WALL a rendezvous or hiding place for criminals and outlaws in the rugged mountain ravines near Jackson, Wyoming ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• LAND OF THE SHEEPHERDER Wyoming ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SAGEBRUSH STATE Wyoming ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.