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Princeton's WordNet

  1. racking, wrenchingadjective

    causing great physical or mental suffering

    "a wrenching pain"

Wiktionary

  1. wrenchingnoun

    The act by which something is wrenched.

ChatGPT

  1. wrenching

    Wrenching refers to a vigorous, violent or extreme twisting or turning action, often causing physical damage or deformity. It can also refer to something emotionally distressing, severe, or strongly affecting someone in an unpleasant way.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Wrenching

    of Wrench

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of wrenching in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of wrenching in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of wrenching in a Sentence

  1. Louis Head:

    Something came over me as I watched and listened to my wife, the mother of Michael Brown, Jr., react to the gut-wrenching news that the cop who killed her son wouldn't be charged with a crime.

  2. Ryan Reynolds:

    It was really shocking and sad. Obviously, he was sick and it wasn't totally, wildly unexpected, it's still heartbreaking nonetheless. It's absolutely gut-wrenching.

  3. Jessica Kensky:

    I wanted to paint my toenails and put my feet in the sand. I wanted all of those things, and to lose my second leg was a gut-wrenching decision.

  4. Jessica Kensky:

    I wanted to paint my toenails and put my feet in the sand, to lose my right leg was a gut-wrenching decision.

  5. Brian Babin:

    The problem is hundreds of Americans are being robbed, assaulted, raped, or murdered every year by criminal aliens who are then released back onto the streets because their countries of origins refuse to take them back, i have personally met with a number of these victims, or if the victim is deceased, I have met with their families. It is heart wrenching.

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