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wrath

  [rath, rahth or, especially Brit., rawth]
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–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 -th 1 ; (adj.) var. of wroth by assoc. with the n.

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

Wrath

  [rath]
–noun
Cape, a high promontory in NW Scotland: most NW point on mainland.
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wrath   (rāth, räth)   
n.  
  1. 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.]
Wrath   (rāth)   
A promontory at the northwest extremity of the Scottish mainland.
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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.

Wrath

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

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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Language Translation for : wrath
Spanish: cólera,
German: der Grimm,
Japanese: 激怒
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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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