storm-wracked
storm-wracked · more storm-wracked · most storm-wracked
Destroyed by a stormDestroyed by a storm.
Meaning
2 sensesDestroyed by a storm.
Stormy, beset by a storm.
Origin
From earlier “wracked by storm”, in sense wrack (“destroy”). Later sense of “stormy” due tFrom earlier “wracked by storm”, in sense wrack (“destroy”). Later sense of “stormy” due to influence by and confusion with rack (“torture, suffer”); see usage notes for rack.
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Forms
more storm-wracked, most storm-wracked| Comparative | more storm-wracked Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most storm-wracked Lesson |
regular
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedpain-racked
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form