adjective
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full of wrath; raging or furious
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resulting from or expressing wrath
Other Word Forms
- unwrathful adjective
- unwrathfully adverb
- unwrathfulness noun
- wrathfully adverb
- wrathfulness noun
Etymology
Origin of wrathful
Example Sentences
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A few scenes later, when Aang demands to be released so he can save the Northern Water Tribe, Bumi becomes wrathful.
From Salon
That 1991 platform worried both Washington and many of the island’s voters, who then and now, have shunned any move toward formal independence, fearing a wrathful reaction from Beijing.
From New York Times
But Paige’s tragedy is that, for all her reforming zeal, she’s too wrathful to write the future.
From New York Times
When the journey of my life has reached its end, … may the peaceful and wrathful buddhas send out the power of their compassion and clear away the darkness of ignorance.
From Los Angeles Times
This is the embodiment of what linguistics professor George Lakoff called “the wrathful god.”
From Seattle Times
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