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Wrath   /ræθ/   Listen
noun
Wrath  n.  
1.
Violent anger; vehement exasperation; indignation; rage; fury; ire. "Wrath is a fire, and jealousy a weed." "When the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased." "Now smoking and frothing Its tumult and wrath in."
2.
The effects of anger or indignation; the just punishment of an offense or a crime. "A revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil."
Synonyms: Anger; fury; rage; ire; vengeance; indignation; resentment; passion. See Anger.



verb
Wrath  v. t.  To anger; to enrage; also used impersonally. (Obs.) "I will not wrathen him." "If him wratheth, be ywar and his way shun."



adjective
Wrath  adj.  See Wroth. (Obs.)






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"Wrath" Quotes from Famous Books



... contentment, That the Olympian god has assign'd to me this tribulation— Loss of a son without peer? But yourselves shall partake my affliction; Easier far will it be for the pitiless sword of the Argives, Now he is dead, to make havoc of you. For myself, ere I witness Ilion storm'd in their wrath, and the fulness of her desolation, Oh, may the Destiny yield me to ...
— Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 365, March, 1846 • Various

... fulfilled in your ears," and although they "wondered at the words of grace which proceeded out of his mouth," they were not willing to accept his teaching, and as he continued to speak, "they were all filled with wrath, ... and they rose up, and cast him forth out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might throw him down headlong. But he, passing through the midst of them, went his way. And he came down ...
— A Trip Abroad • Don Carlos Janes

... Be good and dull, and please everybody Centres of polished barbarism known as aristocratic societies Clotilde fenced, which is half a confession Comparisons will thrust themselves on minds disordered Compromise is virtual death Conservative, whose astounded state paralyzes his wrath Creatures that wait for circumstances to bring the change Dissent rings out finely, and approval is a feeble murmur Do you judge of heroes as of lesser men? Empanelled to deliver verdicts upon the ways of women ...
— Quotations from the Works of George Meredith • David Widger

... of the spare-room was open, and the girls entered upon a scene of chaos. Annette rose from her knees, showing a brick-red countenance of wrath that strove in vain for any sort of dignity. And again that look of distant laughter came ...
— Lady Connie • Mrs. Humphry Ward

... but your wrath, and—and—the law. The sea be hanged, and the wind be blowed! When I see your talent and energy, and hold your checkbook in my hand and your instructions in my pocket, I feel to play at football with the ...
— It Is Never Too Late to Mend • Charles Reade


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