wrath

[rath, rahth or, especially Brit., rawth] Origin

wrath

[rath, rahth or, especially Brit., rawth]
noun
1.
strong, stern, or fierce anger; deeply resentful indignation; ire.
2.
vengeance or punishment as the consequence of anger.
adjective
3.
Archaic. wroth.

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Origin:
before 900; (noun) Middle English wraththe, Old English wrǣththo, equivalent to wrāth wroth + -tho -th1; (adj.) variant of wroth by association with the noun


1. rage, resentment, fury, choler.

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Wrath

[rath]
noun
Cape, a high promontory in NW Scotland: most NW point on mainland.
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wrath (rɒθ)
 
n
1.  angry, violent, or stern indignation
2.  divine vengeance or retribution
3.  archaic a fit of anger or an act resulting from anger
 
adj
4.  obsolete incensed; angry
 
[Old English wrǣththu; see wroth]
 
'wrathless
 
adj

Wrath (rɒθ, rɔːθ)
 
n
Cape Wrath a promontory at the NW extremity of the Scottish mainland

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wrath
O.E. wræððu "anger," from wrað "angry" (see wroth) + -þu, from P.Gmc. -itho (as in strength, width etc.).
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