Wrath
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ɹɒθ/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Wrath is a noun meaning (uncountable, formal) Great anger; (countable) an instance of this.
Meaning
(uncountable, formal) Great anger; (countable) an instance of this.
More Meanings
- (uncountable) Punishment, retribution, or vengeance resulting from anger; (countable) an instance of this.
- (uncountable, obsolete) Great ardour or passion.
- To anger (someone); to enrage.
- To become angry with (someone).
- (intransitive) To become angry.
- (archaic) Synonym of wroth (“full of anger; wrathful”).
Example Sentences
[S]tern briſtles hedg'd up high His back, vvhich did all vvrath of thorns defie.
VVho (in my vvrath) Kneel'd and^([sic – meaning at]) my feet, and bid me be aduis'd?
I tel you true my hart is ſwolne with wrath, On this ſame theeuiſh villain Tamburlain.
Thou barrein ground, whome winters wrath hath waſted, Art made a myrrhour, to behold my plight: […]
Word Forms
- wraths
- wrathing
- wrathed
- wrathest
- wrathedst
- wratheth
Synonyms for wrath
Depending on context, synonyms include fury, ire, bile, choler, dander, displeasure.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include anger, ire, angry, fury, angered, rage.
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