wrath

[rath, rahth or, esp. British, 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
a high promontory in NW Scotland: most NW point on mainland.
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wrath (rɒθ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
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) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
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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Example sentences
The police are also lying low, apparently afraid of the locals' wrath.
When you seek wrath, you become a link in the chain of wrath as wrath begets
  wrath.
Not doing so risks incurring the wrath of the rest of the car.
Promising deliverance from what any supernatural self imposed wrath beyond
  understanding.
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