wreak

Etymology 1
From, from , from , from , from. Cognate via Proto-Germanic with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬; cognate via PIE with 🇨🇬 (🇨🇬), and distantly cognate with 🇨🇬.

Verb

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

Usage notes
The verb wreak is generally used in the form “wreak damage or harm of some sort”, and is often used in the set phrase, though “wreak damage”, “wreak destruction”, and “wreak revenge” are also common.

Not to be confused with, with similar meaning of destruction and similar etymological roots; common confusion in misspelling. Sometimes confused with wrack and rack.

It has become common to use, the original past tense and participle for , as the past tense and past participle for wreak, as in wrought havoc (i.e. worked havoc for wreaked havoc), due both to the fact that the weak form worked has edged out wrought from its former role almost entirely (except as an adjective referring usually to hand-worked metal goods), and via confusion from the wr- beginning both wreak and wrought, and probably by analogy with.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish:
 * Finnish: ,
 * German:, ,
 * Polish:, wyładowywać ,
 * Romanian: a cauza,, vărsa nervii
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian: ,
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish: ,


 * Bulgarian: отмъщавам си
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Polish:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: de
 * Turkish: hınç almak, hınç çıkarmak, ,

Etymology 2
From, , Northern Middle English variants of , influenced later by Etymology 1, above. Compare 🇨🇬.

Noun

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