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Showing words for WRENCHED using the English dictionary

8 Letter Words for Wrenched

wrenched

7 Letter Words for Wrenched

wenched, wencher

6 Letter Words for Wrenched

cendre, cerned, cheder, chende, chewed, chewer, crewed, decern, decrew, dreche, drench, herden, rechew, rewend, wehner, whence, whered, wrench

5 Letter Words for Wrenched

ceder, cedre, cered, cerne, cheer, chere, creed, creen, crewe, dewer, eched, ender, endew, erned, ewder, heder, hence, herne, hewed, hewer, newed, newer, reech, renew, rewed, rheen, wench, wende, weren, wheen, wheer, where

4 Letter Words for Wrenched

cede, cene, cere, cern, chee, chen, cher, chew, cred, crew, crwd, deen, deer, dene, dere, dern, drch, dree, drew, eche, eden, eech, ehed, ende, ened, enew, ered, erne, ewer, hdwe, hede, heed, heer, hend, herd, here, hern, hewe, need, neer, nerd, recd, rede, reed, reen, rend, wede, weed, ween, weer, wend, wene, were, whee, when, wren

3 Letter Words for Wrenched

cdr, cee, cen, cer, che, chn, dec, dee, den, der, dew, ech, edh, eec, een, eer, enc, end, ene, erd, ere, ern, ewe, hed, hee, hen, her, hew, ned, nee, new, rcd, rec, red, ree, reh, rew, rhd, rhe, rnd, rwd, wed, wee, wen, wer, whr

Definitions for Wrenched

[1] to twist suddenly and forcibly; pull, jerk, or force by a violent twist: He wrenched the prisoner's wrist.
[2] to overstrain or injure (the ankle, knee, etc.) by a sudden, violent twist: When she fell, she wrenched her ankle.
[3] to affect distressingly as if by a wrench.
[4] to wrest, as from the right use or meaning: to wrench the facts out of context.
[5] to twist, turn, or move suddenly aside: He wrenched away.
[6] to give a wrench or twist at something.
[7] a wrenching movement; a sudden, violent twist: With a quick wrench, she freed herself.
[8] a painful, straining twist, as of the ankle or wrist.
[9] a sharp, distressing strain, as to the feelings.
[10] a twisting or distortion, as of meaning.
[11] a tool for gripping and turning or twisting the head of a bolt, a nut, a pipe, or the like, commonly consisting of a bar of metal with fixed or adjustable jaws.
[12] to give (something) a sudden or violent twist or pull esp so as to remove (something) from that to which it is attached to wrench a door off its hinges
[13] (tr) to twist suddenly so as to sprain (a limb) to wrench one's ankle
[14] (tr) to give pain to
[15] (tr) to twist from the original meaning or purpose
[16] (intr) to make a sudden twisting motion
[17] a forceful twist or pull
[18] an injury to a limb, caused by twisting
[19] sudden pain caused esp by parting
[20] a parting that is difficult or painful to make
[21] a distorting of the original meaning or purpose
[22] a spanner, esp one with adjustable jaws See also torque wrench

Words related to Wrenched

wrenchwrest, tweak, distort, rip, bend, dislocate, wring, sprain, yank, dislodge, pull, pervert, rend, screw, tear, pinch, compel, coerce, contort, twist

Words nearby Wrenched

wrenchwrecking crane, wrekin, wren, wren, christopher, wren-tit, wrench, wrens, wrest, wrest pin, wrestle, wrestling

Origin of Wrenched

before 1050; Middle English wrenchen (v.), Old English wrencan to twist, turn; cognate with German renken

Words that may be confused with Wrenched

WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, wrenchranch, wrench

Other words from Wrenched

wrench·er , noun
wrench·ing·ly , adverb
out·wrench , verb (used with object)
un·wrenched , adjective

Word origin for Wrenched

Old English wrencan; related to Old High German renken, Lithuanian rangyti to twist. See wrinkle 1

Synonyms for Wrenched

bend, dislocate, distort, rip, sprain, tweak, wrest, wring, yank, coerce, compel, contort, dislodge, drag, exact, extract, pervert, pinch, pull, rend, screw, squeeze, strain, tear, tug, twist