wroth
angry; wrathful (usually used predicatively): He was wroth to see the damage to his home.
stormy; violent; turbulent: the wroth sea.
Origin of wroth
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How to use wroth in a sentence
The friars were exceedingly wroth, and combined to defeat the Generalʼs efforts to come to an understanding with the rebels.
The Philippine Islands | John ForemanSo we were wroth and made to slay the other baas, but he shot us down with a fire stick and returned to his own country in haste.
Uncanny Tales | VariousThen the earth shook and trembled; the foundation also of the hills moved and were shaken because he was wroth.
A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 1 (of 10) | Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)Then Olaf waxed exceedingly wroth and made answer hastily: Heathen as a dog art thou—why should I wed thee?
The Sagas of Olaf Tryggvason and of Harald The Tyrant (Harald Haardraade) | Snorri SturlusonThereon was the Queen wroth, and said that Olaf might play her false in more things than this one.
The Sagas of Olaf Tryggvason and of Harald The Tyrant (Harald Haardraade) | Snorri Sturluson
British Dictionary definitions for wroth
/ (rəʊθ, rɒθ) /
archaic, or literary angry; irate
Origin of wroth
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