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noun

Wrath n.

Violent anger; vehement exasperation; indignation; rage; fury; ire. "Wrath is a fire, and jealousy a weed." "When the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased." "Now smoking and frothing Its tumult and wrath in."

The effects of anger or indignation; the just punishment of an offense or a crime. "A revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil."

Synonyms: Anger; fury; rage; ire; vengeance; indignation; resentment; passion. See Anger.

verb

Wrath v. t. To anger; to enrage; also used impersonally. (Obs.) "I will not wrathen him." "If him wratheth, be ywar and his way shun."

adjective

Wrath adj. See Wroth. (Obs.)

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Etymology of 'Wrath'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Wrath" Quotes from Famous Books

... himself to their hands. But a wonderful change had suddenly come over the whole band of these tory dignitaries. The dark and angry scowls of mediated revenge, and the more fiery expressions of undisguised wrath, which were bent on the dauntless old man during the first part of his denunciations, had, by the time he made his closing announcement, all given way to looks of surprise and apprehension. No one offered to lay hands on him; for, as the truth of what he said was every moment ...

— The Rangers - [Subtitle: The Tory's Daughter] • D. P. Thompson

... you not have trusted that I knew him—I, his father, to my everlasting shame?" Then he swung upon Rotherby. "You dog!" he began, and there—being a man of little invention—words failed him, and wrath alone remained, very intense, ...

— The Lion's Skin • Rafael Sabatini

... allude to its use, and his silence on this then curious custom has provoked much conjecture and inquiry. Some affirm that he wrote to please royalty, but if so why did he not condemn the custom to appease the wrath of a sapient king. Others say he kept silence because he was the friend of Raleigh, and though he would have gladly held up the great smoker and his favorite indulgence, feared to add to the popularity of the custom by displeasing his royal master. Another class affirm that ...

— Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce • E. R. Billings

... should ever become a serious menace to its institutions, they would not merely be stamped out, but would involve in their own ruin every active or passive sympathizer with their doctrines. The American people are slow to wrath, but when their wrath is once kindled it burns like a ...

— State of the Union Addresses of Theodore Roosevelt • Theodore Roosevelt

... nothwithstanding such conditions, Lucetta's image still lived on with him, her weaknesses provoking only the gentlest criticism, and her sufferings attenuating wrath at her concealments to a momentary spark ...

— The Mayor of Casterbridge • Thomas Hardy

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