wrath
strong, stern, or fierce anger; deeply resentful indignation; ire.
vengeance or punishment as the consequence of anger.
Archaic. wroth.
Origin of wrath
1Other words for wrath
Other definitions for Wrath (2 of 2)
Cape, a high promontory in NW Scotland: most NW point on mainland.
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How to use wrath in a sentence
Small wonder, with never a gun or a sword left from Cantyre to Cape wrath, but what tenty17 folk have hidden in their thatch!
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 10 (of 25) | Robert Louis StevensonFrom Cornwall to Cape wrath this county is one horrible, solid block of humanitarianism.
The Ball and The Cross | G.K. ChestertonThey told him it was a smuggler they had caught at Cape wrath.
Gairloch In North-West Ross-Shire | John H. Dixon, F.S.A. ScotThe megaphones of Cape wrath had announced that a fog was coming.
Memoirs of Life and Literature | W. H. MallockIn front of Cape wrath are some angry breakers, called the Staggs; the rocks which occasion them are visible at low water.
Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 4 (of 10) | John Gibson Lockhart.
British Dictionary definitions for wrath (1 of 2)
/ (rɒθ) /
angry, violent, or stern indignation
divine vengeance or retribution
archaic a fit of anger or an act resulting from anger
obsolete incensed; angry
Origin of wrath
1Derived forms of wrath
- wrathless, adjective
British Dictionary definitions for Wrath (2 of 2)
/ (rɒθ, rɔːθ) /
Cape Wrath a promontory at the NW extremity of the Scottish mainland
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