wrathful

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Ryhove was a bolder ruffian--wrathful, bitter, and unscrupulous.

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  1. adjective Full of wrath; fiercely angry.
  2. adjective Proceeding from or expressing wrath: wrathful vengeance. See Synonyms at angry.

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  1. from Middle English wrethful, wrethvol, wrathful; from wrath, n., + -ful.
 

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/ˈrɑθfəl/
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