Sekirov Dictionary

wrath

UK /ɹɒθ/US /ɹæθ/

noun 3
verb 3
adjective 1
forms 4
phrases 1

noun3

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(formal) Great anger; (countable) an instance of this.
- Homer relates an episode in the Trojan War that reveals the tragic consequences of the wrath of Achilles.
•
Punishment, retribution, or vengeance resulting from anger; (countable) an instance of this.
- […] I [i.e., God] gaue the [thee] a kinge in my wrath, and in my displeasure will I take him from the agayne. — 1535
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(no longer used) Great ardour or passion.
- [T]hey are in the verie vvrath of loue, and they vvill together. Clubbes cannot part them. — 1598

verb3

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(no longer used) To anger (someone); to enrage.
- [R]emembre howe by thy cursed synnes thou haste offended and wrathed thy lorde god. — 1506
(no longer used) To become angry with (someone).
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(no longer used) To become angry.
- "Nay, wrath thee not, Will," said Ganlesse; "and speak no words in haste, lest you may have cause to repent at leisure.[…]" — 1822

adjective1

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(no longer used) Synonym of wroth (“full of anger; wrathful”).
- Th' old Dragon underground In straiter limits bound, Not half so far casts his usurped svvay, And vvrath to see his Kingdom fail, Svvindges the scaly Horrour of his foulded tail. — 1629

forms

wrathed · wrathing · wratheth · wraths

Phrases with wrath

grapes of wrath
A symbol of impending vengeance, especially in reference to the Last Judgment.

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