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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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Word Origin & History

wrath 
O.E. wræððu "anger," from wrað "angry" (see wroth) + -þu, from P.Gmc. -itho (as in strength, width etc.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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