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Webster 1913 Edition
Wroth
Wroth
,Adj.
[OE.
wroth
, wrap
, AS. wrāð
wroth, crooked, bad; akin to wrīðan
to writhe, and to OS. wrēð
angry, D. wreed
cruel, OHG. reid
twisted, Icel. reiðr
angry, Dan. & Sw. vred
. See Writhe
, and cf. Wrath
.] Full of wrath; angry; incensed; much exasperated; wrathful.
“Wroth to see his kingdom fail.” Milton.
Revel and truth as in a low degree,
They be full
They be full
wroth
[i. e., at enmity] all day. Chaucer.
Cain was very
wroth
, and his countenance fell. Gen. iv. 5.
Webster 1828 Edition
Wroth
WROTH
,Adj.
Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell. Genesis 4.
I was wroth with my people. Isaiah 47.
[An excellent word and not obsolete.]