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wrath

[rath, rahth or, especially Brit., rawth] Pronunciation Key

–noun

1.	strong, stern, or fierce anger; deeply resentful indignation; ire.

2.	vengeance or punishment as the consequence of anger.

–adjective

3.	Archaic. wroth.

[Origin: bef. 900; (n.) ME wraththe, OE wrǣththo, equiv. to wrāth wroth + -tho -th¹; (adj.) var. of wroth by assoc. with the n.

]

—Synonyms 1. rage, resentment, fury, choler.

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Wrath [rath] Pronunciation Key

–noun

Cape, a high promontory in NW Scotland: most NW point on mainland.

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wrath (rāth, räth) Pronunciation Key
n.

Forceful, often vindictive anger. See Synonyms at anger.
1. Punishment or vengeance as a manifestation of anger.
2. Divine retribution for sin.

adj. Archaic
Wrathful.

[Middle English, from Old English wrǣththu, from wrāth, angry; see wer-² in Indo-European roots.]

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Wrath (rāth) Pronunciation Key
A promontory at the northwest extremity of the Scottish mainland.

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
wrath

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

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wrath
noun
1.	intense anger (usually on an epic scale)
2.	belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins)

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Wrath

Wrath\ (?; 277), n. [OE. wrathe, wra[thorn][thorn]e, wrethe, wr[ae][eth][eth]e, AS. wr[=ae][eth][eth]o, fr. wr[=a][eth] wroth; akin to Icel. rei[eth]i wrath. See Wroth, a.]

1. Violent anger; vehement exasperation; indignation; rage; fury; ire.

Wrath is a fire, and jealousy a weed. --Spenser.

When the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased. --Esther ii. 1.

Now smoking and frothing Its tumult and wrath in. --Southey.

2. 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." --Rom. xiii. 4.

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

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Wrath

Wrath\, a. See Wroth. [Obs.]

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Wrath

Wrath\, v. t. To anger; to enrage; -- also used impersonally. [Obs.] "I will not wrathen him." --Chaucer.

If him wratheth, be ywar and his way shun. --Piers Plowman.

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