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Webster 1913 Edition

Wrath

Wrath

(?; 277)
,
Noun.
[OE.
wrathe
,
wraþþe
,
wrethe
,
wræððe
, AS.
wrǣððo
, fr.
wrāð
wroth; akin to Icel.
reiði
wrath. See
Wroth
,
Adj.
]
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

,
Adj.
See
Wroth
.
[Obs.]

Wrath

,
Verb.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Wrath

WRATH

,
Noun.
[L.]
1.
Violent anger; vehement exasperation; indignation; as the wrath of Achilles.
When the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased--Esther 2.
O Lord--in wrath remember mercy. Habakkuk 3.
2.
The effects of anger. Proverbs 27.
3.
The just punishment of an offense or crime. Romans 8.
Gods wrath, in Scripture, is his holy and just indignation against sin. Romans 1.

Definition 2024

wrath

wrath

See also: wraþ and wrað

English

Noun

wrath ‎(usually uncountable, plural wraths)

  1. Great anger.
    Homer relates an episode in the Trojan War that reveals the tragic consequences of the wrath of Achilles.‎
    • 1922, Ben Travers, chapter 5, in A Cuckoo in the Nest:
      The most rapid and most seductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite. […] Can those harmless but refined fellow-diners be the selfish cads whose gluttony and personal appearance so raised your contemptuous wrath on your arrival?
  2. (rare) Punishment.
    • Bible, Romans xiii. 4
      A revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.
  3. (trading card games, slang) A single card that is able to destroy many creatures.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

wrath ‎(comparative more wrath, superlative most wrath)

  1. (rare) Wrathful; very angry.

Verb

wrath ‎(third-person singular simple present wraths, present participle wrathing, simple past and past participle wrathed)

  1. (obsolete) To anger; to enrage.
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Etymology

From Middle English wraththe, wreththe, from Old English wrǣþþu, wrǣþþo ‎(“wrath, fury”), from Proto-Germanic *wraiþiþō ‎(“wrath, fury”), equivalent to wroth +‎ -th. Compare Dutch wreedte ‎(“cruelty”), Danish vrede ‎(“anger”), Swedish vrede ‎(“wrath, anger, ire”), Icelandic reiði ‎(“anger”). More at wroth.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɹɒθ/, /ɹæθ/
  • Rhymes: -ɒθ, -æθ
  • The pronunciation with the vowel IPA(key): /æ/ is regarded as incorrect by many British English speakers.
  • (US) IPA(key): /ɹæːθ/, /ɹæθ/
  • Rhymes: -æθ

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