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searing
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -??r??
Adjective
searing
- very hot; blistering or boiling
- (of a pain) having a sensation of intense sudden heat
Noun
searing (plural searings)
- action of the verb to sear
- he was raw with the searings of the fire
- 1970, Ebony (volume 25, number 10, August 1970, page 156)
- It was the time of new searings of black identity deep within the psyche of the black community.
- cooking food quickly at high temperature
Verb
searing
- present participle of sear
Anagrams
- Angries, Gainers, Gearins, Reagins, earings, erasing, gainers, inrages, raignes, reagins, regains, regians, reginas, seringa
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wretched
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English wrecched, equivalent to wretch +? -ed.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???t??d/
Adjective
wretched (comparative wretcheder or more wretched, superlative wretchedest or most wretched)
- Very miserable; feeling deep affliction or distress.
- I felt wretched after my wife died.
- Worthless; paltry; very poor or mean; miserable.
- The street was full of wretched beggars dressed in rags.
- (obsolete) Hatefully contemptible; despicable; wicked.
- (informal) Used to express dislike of or annoyance towards the mentioned thing.
- Will you please stop playing that wretched trombone!
Usage notes
- Nouns to which "wretched" is often applied: woman, state, life, condition, creature, man, excess, person, place, world, being, situation, weather, slave, animal, city, village, health, house, town.
Synonyms
- (very miserable): See Thesaurus:sad or Thesaurus:lamentable
- (worthless): See Thesaurus:insignificant
- (hatefully contemptible): See Thesaurus:despicable
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Further reading
- wretched in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- wretched in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “wretched”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??t?t/
- Rhymes: -?t?t
Verb
wretched
- Misspelling of retched.
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