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wrath

[ rath, rahth or, especially British, rawth ]

/ ræθ, rɑθ or, especially British, rɔθ /

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noun

strong, stern, or fierce anger; deeply resentful indignation; ire.

vengeance or punishment as the consequence of anger.

adjective

Archaic. wroth.

SYNONYMS FOR wrath

1 rage, resentment, fury, choler.

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Origin of wrath

before 900; (noun) Middle English wraththe,Old English wrǣththo, equivalent to wrāthwroth + -tho-th¹; (adj.) variant of wroth by association with the noun

Words nearby wrath

wrapround, wrapt, wrap-up, wrasse, wrastle, wrath, wrathful, wrathy, wreak, wreak havoc, wreath

Definition for wrath (2 of 2)

Wrath

[ rath ]

/ ræθ /

noun

Cape, a high promontory in NW Scotland: most NW point on mainland.

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2021

Example sentences from the Web for wrath

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Or, anyway, we were willing to brave the wrath of the building superintendent and climb the roof stairs to Tar Beach.
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I shirked duty in pursuit of a good sleep, incurring her wrath this morning.
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How the Export-Import Bank” became a target “for Tea Party wrath is a little strange to me.
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And as its influence and readership expands, the paper is feeling the wrath of Hollywood mega-stars.
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So clement, so merciful, is that eagle who restrains his wrath.
The Induna's Wife|Bertram Mitford
Charles would really be king then, and could disregard the wrath of the men of the conventicles.
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The newspapers, the pulpits, and the platforms sent forth a united cry of wrath.
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And, indeed, the wrath divine breathed tempestuously through these stanzas.
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I wont describe to you the progress of our love, or the wrath of my Uncle Edward when he discovered that it still continued.
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British Dictionary definitions for wrath (1 of 2)

wrath

/ (rɒθ) /

noun

angry, violent, or stern indignation

divine vengeance or retribution

archaic a fit of anger or an act resulting from anger

adjective

obsolete incensed; angry

Derived forms of wrath

wrathless, adjective

Word Origin for wrath

Old English wrǣththu; see wroth

British Dictionary definitions for wrath (2 of 2)

Wrath

/ (rɒθ, rɔːθ) /

noun

Cape Wrath a promontory at the NW extremity of the Scottish mainland

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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