Meaning

(uncountable, formal) Great anger; (countable) an instance of this..

Definitions by Sense

1. (uncountable, formal) Great anger; (countable) an instance of this.
2. (uncountable) Punishment, retribution, or vengeance resulting from anger; (countable) an instance of this.
3. (uncountable, obsolete) Great ardour or passion.
4. To anger (someone); to enrage.
5. To become angry with (someone).
6. (intransitive) To become angry.
7. (archaic) Synonym of wroth (“full of anger; wrathful”).

Example Sentences

Homer relates an episode in the Trojan War that reveals the tragic consequences of the wrath of Achilles.

Let all bitternes, fearſnes and wrath, rorynge and curſyd ſpeakynge, be put awaye from you, with all maliciouſnes.

Thou barrein ground, whome winters wrath hath waſted, Art made a myrrhour, to behold my plight: […]

I tel you true my hart is ſwolne with wrath, On this ſame theeuiſh villain Tamburlain.

[H]im ſo far had borne his light-foot ſteede, Pricked vvith vvrath and fiery fierce diſdaine, That him to follovv vvas but fruitleſſe paine; […]

VVho (in my vvrath) Kneel'd and^([sic – meaning at]) my feet, and bid me be aduis'd?

Lingring perdition (vvorſe then any death Can be at once) ſhall ſtep, by ſtep attend You, and your vvayes, vvhoſe vvraths, to guard you from, VVhich here, in this moſt deſolate Iſle, elſe fals Vpon your heads, is nothing but hearts-ſorrovv, And a cleere life enſuing.

[S]tern briſtles hedg'd up high His back, vvhich did all vvrath of thorns defie.

Word Forms

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• wrathing
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When Should You Use Wrath?

Use wrath when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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