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Wrath
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What's The Definition Of Wrath?
[n] belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins)
[n] intense anger (usually on an epic scale) Synonyms | Synonyms for Wrath: anger | ira | ire Related Terms | Find terms related to Wrath: See Also | deadly sin | fury | madness | mortal sin | rage Wrath In Webster's Dictionary \Wrath\ (?; 277), n. [OE. wrathe, wra[thorn][thorn]e,
wrethe, wr[ae][eth][eth]e, AS. wr[=ae][eth][eth]o, fr.
wr[=a][eth] wroth; akin to Icel. rei[eth]i wrath. See
{Wroth}, a.]
1. Violent anger; vehement exasperation; indignation; rage;
fury; ire.
Wrath is a fire, and jealousy a weed. --Spenser.
When the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased.
--Esther ii.
1.
Now smoking and frothing Its tumult and wrath in.
--Southey.
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.'' --Rom. xiii. 4.
Syn: Anger; fury; rage; ire; vengeance; indignation;
resentment; passion. See {Anger}.
\Wrath\, a. See {Wroth}. [Obs.] \Wrath\, v. t. To anger; to enrage; -- also used impersonally. [Obs.] ``I will not wrathen him.'' --Chaucer. If him wratheth, be ywar and his way shun. --Piers Plowman. |
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