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  wrath

  noun

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

  noun

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

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In Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, which classic literary work does Khan quote to Captain Kirk?

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wrath

¹ American  

[rath, rahth, rawth] / ræθ, rɑθ, rɔθ /

noun

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

   Synonyms:

   choler, fury, resentment, rage

2. vengeance or punishment as the consequence of anger.

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adjective

1. Archaic. wroth.

Wrath ² American  

[rath] / ræθ /

noun

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

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wrath ¹ British  

/ rɒθ /

noun

1. angry, violent, or stern indignation

2. divine vengeance or retribution

3. archaic a fit of anger or an act resulting from anger

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adjective

1. obsolete incensed; angry

Wrath ² British  

/ rɔːθ, rɒθ /

noun

1. a promontory at the NW extremity of the Scottish mainland

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Other Word Forms

• wrathless
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of wrath

First recorded before 900; (for the noun) Middle English wraththe, Old English wrǣththo, equivalent to wrāth wroth + -tho -th ¹; (for the adjective) variant of wroth by association with the noun

Explanation

Wrath is great anger that expresses itself in a desire to punish someone: Noah saw the flood as a sign of the wrath of God. Wrath is also used figuratively of things that behave in a violent way: Earthquakes are the wrath of the sea. This noun and the corresponding adjective wrathful are in literary use but are formal or old-fashioned words, that crop up in fantasy fiction or movies set in prehistoric times.

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“These things survived the wrath of fire,” she says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

But for one celebrity in China, even a legion of devoted fans was not enough to stave off the wrath of the internet.

From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026

A lot of ink has been spilled in recent months predicting how new Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh would face the wrath of President Donald Trump unless he could quickly deliver more interest-rate cuts.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 24, 2026

While Oman's neutrality may have exposed it to US wrath, it may have shielded the Sultanate from the regular attacks its neighbours faced.

From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026

A litany of attacks, suspicions, and far-fetched offenses began erupting in the RJFers’ direction after the Saemi incident, and few from the group escaped Bobby’s wrath.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

Wrath of the Gods has its premiere at the FrightFest horror festival in London, external on Friday, a family dream made possible thanks to the surprise discovery of some long-lost family archive.

From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026

We’ve got to throw in ‘The Grapes of Wrath.’

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

Other stuff that Comic Con people seemed to agree upon, in no particular order: Grogu is cool, “Rogue One” is the best Star Wars movie and “The Wrath of Khan” is quintessential “Star Trek.”

From Salon ● Jul. 31, 2026

The couple had hiked the route in 2021 and David, an experienced ultra-marathon runner, won the Cape Wrath Trail race in 2023.

From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2026

“I brought you reading material. The Grapes of Wrath and War and Peace.”

From "Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe" by Benjamin Alire Saenz