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wrath
/ɹæθ/
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What does wrath mean?
noun
- Great anger; (countable) an instance of this.
- Punishment, retribution, or vengeance resulting from anger; (countable) an instance of this.
More meanings (5)
noun
- (obsolete) Great ardour or passion.
verb
- (obsolete) To anger (someone); to enrage.
- (obsolete) To become angry with (someone).
- (obsolete) To become angry.
adjective
- (archaic, obsolete) Synonym of wroth (“full of anger; wrathful”).
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IPA pronunciation
/ɹæθ/
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The cannons have their bowels full of wrath, And ready mounted are they to spit forth Their iron indignation ’gainst your walls.
By bringing jealousy into play, he had caused the truth to burst forth in wrath, he had educed the justice of revenge.
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Or perchance he was some Achilles, who had nourished his wrath apart, and had now come to avenge or rescue his Patroclus.
His countenance like a lion's and inflamed with wrath, Judah attacked the army, and slew twelve myriads of tried and famous warriors.
In conclusion, if the Law is the minister of sin, it is at the same time the minister of wrath and death.