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wrath

Pronunciation: /ɹɒθ/

The English word “wrath” has 7 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. Great anger; (countable) an instance of this.
  2. Punishment, retribution, or vengeance resulting from anger; (countable) an instance of this.
  3. Great ardour or passion.

verb

  1. To anger (someone); to enrage.
  2. To become angry with (someone).
  3. To become angry.

adjective

  1. Synonym of wroth (“full of anger; wrathful”).

Etymology

The noun is derived from Middle English wratthe (“anger, hostility, distress retribution”) [and other forms], from Old English wrǣþþu (“ire, wrath”) [and other forms], from Proto-West Germanic *wraiþiþu (“anger, fury, wrath”), from *wraiþ (“angry, furious, wroth; hostile, violent; bent, twisted”) (from Proto-Germanic *wraiþaz (“angry, furious, wroth; hostile, violent; bent, twisted”), from…

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