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wroken

US/ˈɹəʊkən/

A form of wreak — To cause harm; to afflict; to inflict; to harm or injure; to let out harm.

Scrabble 13

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Meanings

verb

obsoleteparticiplepastpast participle of wreak
To have wroken himself of such wrongs as were due him by the French king.
1577, Holinshed's Chronicles
2 more examples
How worthily, by Heavens high decree, Iustice that day of wrong herselfe had wroken; That all men, which that spectacle did see, By like ensample mote for ever warned bee.
1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene
Shall we be wroken of Lord Soulis By water or by land? Or shall we be wroken a great way off, Or even whereas we stand?
1912, Algernon Charles Swinburne, Thomas James Wise, Border Ballads, page 21

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with wroken

spoken token woken oaken bespoken betoken smoken

Anagrams

Kernow wonker reknow

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APA

wroken. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wroken

MLA

“wroken.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wroken. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wroken,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wroken.

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