Wrenching

/ˈɹɛnt͡ʃɪŋ/

Synonyms for "wrenching" (48 found)

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Closest matches (10)

Noun(5 words)

agonizing agony anguish distress distressing

claim demand distortion error exaction

Strong matches (14)

extortion gloss misapplication misapprehension misconception misconstruction misjudgment

Noun(7 words)

grief grieve harrowing heartbreakingintense painjerk jerking

Related words (24)

misreading misrendering misunderstanding perversion ripping squeezing torturing wrench wrest wring

Noun(13 words)

pain painful pull pullingstabbing paintorment torquing trauma traumatic twist twisting upset wresting

Adjective(1 words)

racking

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

11 entries

action affectemotional stateemotive descriptorexperience feelingmechanical actionmechanical descriptorpainphysical actionphysical sensation

More specific

22 entries

agonizingcolicky paincramping paindevastating distress grief harrowing heartbreak heartbreaking jerk jerking pry pull shock sorrowstabbing pain

Showing 16 of 22 words.

Collocations

14 entries

wrench away fromwrench free fromwrench one's heartwrench openwrench the boltwrench the doorwrenching changewrenching decisionwrenching experiencewrenching losswrenching memorywrenching painwrenching soundwrenching tragedy

Inflections

5 entries

more wrenchingmost wrenchingwrenched wrenches wrenchings

Derivations

4 entries

wrench wrenched wrenchingly wrenchingness

similar

1 entries

painful

Sample sentences

2 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The funeral of the popular young sports star cut down in his prime was heart wrenching.

Source: tatoeba (3670509)

The oars caught among the lily-pads; this gave her an excuse for pulling and wrenching at them.

Source: tatoeba (11644120)

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