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wroth

[rawth, roth or, especially Brit., rohth]

–adjective

1.	angry; wrathful (usually used predicatively): He was wroth to see the damage to his home.

2.	stormy; violent; turbulent: the wroth sea.

Origin:
bef. 900; ME; OE wrāth; c. D wreed cruel, ON reithr angry; akin to writhe

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wroth (rôth) Pronunciation Key
adj. Wrathful; angry.

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

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wroth

O.E. wrað, "angry" (lit. "tormented, twisted”), from P.Gmc. *wraithaz (cf. O.Fris. wreth "evil," O.S. wred, M.Du. wret, Du. wreed "cruel," O.H.G. reid, O.N. reiðr "angry, offended"), from PIE *wreit- "to turn" (see wreath). Rare or obs. from early 16c. to mid-19c., but somewhat revived since, esp. in dignified writing, or this exchange:

Secretary: "The Dean is furious. He's waxing wroth."
Quincy Adams Wagstaf [Groucho]: "Is Roth out there too? Tell Roth to wax the Dean for a while."
["Horse Feathers," 1932]

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wroth
adjective
vehemently incensed and condemnatory; "they trembled before the wrathful queen"; "but wroth as he was, a short struggle ended in reconciliation" [syn: wrathful]

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Wroth

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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