wrath

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  1. noun Forceful, often vindictive anger. See Synonyms at anger.
  2. noun Punishment or vengeance as a manifestation of anger.
  3. noun Divine retribution for sin.
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  • Towards the Son again, whose moral development his Father anxiously watched over, his wrath was at times disarmed by touches of courage and fearlessness on the Boy's part. —  The Project Gutenberg eBook of Life of Friedrich Schiller, by Thomas Carlyle
  • You have been warned many times of the wrath to come, but I say to you, the wrath is at hand. —  Greener Than You Think
  • Here his wrath was aggravated by a twinge of rheumatism. —  The Hour and the Man, An Historical Romance
  • Indio, Bwana Tell him that I slew his god, as every man knows The Son-of-the-Earthquake bids thee to know that he hath eaten up thy god as he eateth up thy warriors when his wrath is aroused. —  Witch-Doctors
  • My brother in his wrath is as a lion's whelp I care little for myself," replied the domino. —  The Poacher Joseph Rushbrook
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anger ·  grief ·  vengeance ·  terror ·  impatience ·  shame ·  passion ·  scorn ·  pride ·  frustration ·  displeasure ·  envy
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English, from Old English wrǣththu, from wrāth, angry; see wer-2 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English wraththe, wratthe, wræththe, wreththe, wrathe, wrethe, also erroneously wraugth, from Anglo-Saxon (Old Northumbrian) wrǣththo, wrǣtho (=Icelandic reithi (for *vreithi) = Swedish Danish vrede), anger, wrath, from wrāth, angry, wroth: see wroth. Wrath is thus the noun of wroth. The historical pron. is räth, which is also almost or quite universal in the United States.
  2. from Middle English wraththen, wratthen, wrathen, wrathien, from Anglo-Saxon gewrāthian (= Old Saxon wrēthian = Icelandic reitha), be angry, from wrāth, angry: see wroth and wrath, n.
 

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