wrath

[ rath, rahth or, especially British, 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
  1. Archaic. wroth.

Origin of wrath

1
First recorded before 900; (for the noun) Middle English wraththe, Old English wrǣththo, equivalent to wrāth wroth + -tho -th1; (for the adjective) variant of wroth by association with the noun

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Other definitions for Wrath (2 of 2)

Wrath
[ rath ]

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

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British Dictionary definitions for wrath (1 of 2)

wrath

/ (rɒθ) /


noun
  1. angry, violent, or stern indignation

  2. divine vengeance or retribution

  1. archaic a fit of anger or an act resulting from anger

adjective
  1. obsolete incensed; angry

Origin of wrath

1
Old English wrǣththu; see wroth

Derived forms of wrath

  • wrathless, adjective

British Dictionary definitions for Wrath (2 of 2)

Wrath

/ (rɒθ, rɔːθ) /


noun
  1. Cape Wrath a promontory at the NW extremity of the Scottish mainland

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