wrathful

[rath-fuhl, rahth-, rawth-]

adjective

1. very angry; ireful; full of wrath.

   They trembled before the wrathful queen.

   Synonyms: furious, irate

2. characterized by or showing wrath.

   wrathful words.

wrathful

/ ˈrɒθfʊl /

adjective

1. full of wrath; raging or furious

2. resulting from or expressing wrath

Other Word Forms

• wrathfully adverb
• wrathfulness noun
• unwrathful adjective
• unwrathfully adverb
• unwrathfulness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of wrathful¹

Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; wrath, -ful

Example Sentences

He doesn’t mean to sound like a wrathful Republican when he criticizes one-party rule in Sacramento.

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Alas, the authors didn’t anticipate today’s Senate Republicans, whose servility to the wrathful Trump exceeds their respect for the Senate’s prerogatives and independence.

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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.

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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.

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But Paige’s tragedy is that, for all her reforming zeal, she’s too wrathful to write the future.

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