wreckish

English

Etymology

From wreck +‎ -ish.

Adjective

wreckish (comparative more wreckish, superlative most wreckish)

1. Like or resembling a wreck
   • 2000, Daniel Wallace, Ray in Reverse:

     But there was nothing wreckish about it.

   • 2012, Barbara Skelton, 'Tears Before Bedtime' and 'Weep No More':

     Would like to write a more amusing letter but feel too wreckish.

   • 2013, E. Nesbit, Delphi Complete Novels of E. Nesbit:

     And when we had got free, and gazed around on the wreckish results the stoutest of us quailed.

Anagrams

• Whickers, whickers