wrath

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UK /ɹɒθ/ US /ɹæθ/

noun 3verb 3adj 1

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(noun.)

ADJ

full, great

divine

The ancient people feared they had angered the gods and would face divine wrath.

VERB + WRATH

arouse, bring (down), feel, incur, provoke

Arriving an hour late to the meeting clearly aroused the director's wrath.

fear

The manager's employees worked quickly to avoid incurring his wrath.

brave, face, risk

By criticizing the boss publicly, she risked the wrath of the entire management team.

appease, avoid, escape

The manager's angry outburst was so fierce that employees tried hard to avoid his wrath the next day.

turn, vent

When the team lost the final game, the coach turned his wrath on the players in the locker room.

PREP

~ at

The manager's wrath at the delayed project made the team work through the weekend.

~ of

The angry mob faced the wrath of the police after the protest turned violent.

~ over

The teacher's wrath over the missing homework assignments lasted for several days.

Definitions

noun

Great anger; (countable) an instance of this.

Homer relates an episode in the Trojan War that reveals the tragic consequences of the wrath of Achilles.

Let all bitternes, fearſnes and wrath, rorynge and curſyd ſpeakynge, be put awaye from you, with all maliciouſnes.

Punishment, retribution, or vengeance resulting from anger; (countable) an instance of this.

the wrath of God

[…] I [i.e., God] gaue the [thee] a kinge in my wrath, and in my diſpleaſure will I take him from the agayne.

Great ardour or passion.

[T]hey are in the verie vvrath of loue, and they vvill together. Clubbes cannot part them.

[I]f you hold your life at any price, betake you to your gard: for your oppoſite hath in him vvhat youth, ſtrength, skill, and vvrath, can furniſh man vvithall.

verb

To anger (someone); to enrage.

[R]emembre howe by thy cursed synnes thou haste offended and wrathed thy lorde god.

Of ire yͤ whiche is agayne god. […] A man wratheth hym ayenst god for many thynges, pryncypally for the flagellacions, aduersytees, fortunes, sykenesses, & mortalytees, losses, punycyons, famyne, warre & yll tyme.

To become angry with (someone).

To become angry.

"Nay, wrath thee not, Will," said Ganlesse; "and speak no words in haste, lest you may have cause to repent at leisure.[…]"

God is a righteous judge, strong and patient, and God wratheth every day.

adj

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

Take heede the Queene come not vvithin his ſight, For Oberon is paſſing fell and vvrath: Becauſe that ſhe, as her attendant, hath A louely boy ſtollen, from an Indian king: She neuer had ſo ſvveete a changeling.

VVhereat the Prince full vvrath, his ſtrong right hand In full auengement heaued vp on hie, And ſtroke the Pagan vvith his ſteely brand So ſore, that to his ſaddle bovv thereby He bovved lovv, and ſo a vvhile did lie: […]

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personifie

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

grapes of wrath

A symbol of impending vengeance, especially in reference to the Last Judgment.

Example Bank

Homer relates an episode in the Trojan War that reveals the tragic consequences of the wrath of Achilles.

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Let all bitternes, fearſnes and wrath, rorynge and curſyd ſpeakynge, be put awaye from you, with all maliciouſnes.

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Thou barrein ground, whome winters wrath hath waſted, Art made a myrrhour, to behold my plight: […]

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[R]emembre howe by thy cursed synnes thou haste offended and wrathed thy lorde god.

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And than the byſſhop ſayd vnto the clerke⸝ thou haſt wrathed me⸝ but yf thou wylte be ſory thou ſhalte haue my loue as thou haddeſt before⸝ & I ſhall gyue the [i.e., thee] the benefyce yͭ I haue promy

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, wrath is marked as formal, obsolete, archaic. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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