wroth

[ rawth, roth or, especially British, rohth ]
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adjective
  1. angry; wrathful (usually used predicatively): He was wroth to see the damage to his home.

  2. stormy; violent; turbulent: the wroth sea.

Origin of wroth

1
before 900; Middle English; Old English wrāth; cognate with Dutch wreed cruel, Old Norse reithr angry; akin to writhe

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wroth

/ (rəʊθ, rɒθ) /


adjective
  1. archaic, or literary angry; irate

Origin of wroth

1
Old English wrāth; related to Old Saxon wrēth, Old Norse reithr, Old High German reid curly haired

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