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wrath

/ɹæθ/

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What does wrath mean?

noun

  1. Great anger; (countable) an instance of this.
  2. Punishment, retribution, or vengeance resulting from anger; (countable) an instance of this.
More meanings (5)

noun

  1. (obsolete) Great ardour or passion.

verb

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

adjective

  1. (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.
William ShakespeareThe Complete Works of William ShakespeareProject Gutenberg ebook #100
By bringing jealousy into play, he had caused the truth to burst forth in wrath, he had educed the justice of revenge.
Victor HugoLes MisérablesTranslated by Isabel Florence HapgoodProject Gutenberg ebook #135
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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.
Henry David ThoreauWalden, and On The Duty Of Civil DisobedienceProject Gutenberg ebook #205
His countenance like a lion's and inflamed with wrath, Judah attacked the army, and slew twelve myriads of tried and famous warriors.
Louis GinzbergThe Legends of the Jews — Volume 1Translated by Henrietta SzoldProject Gutenberg ebook #1493
In conclusion, if the Law is the minister of sin, it is at the same time the minister of wrath and death.
Martin LutherCommentary on the Epistle to the GalatiansTranslated by Theodore GraebnerProject Gutenberg ebook #1549