wrath

See also: wraþ

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English (deprecated template usage) wraththe, (deprecated template usage) wreththe, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English wrǣþþu, wrǣþþo (“wrath, fury”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *wraiþiþō (“wrath, fury”), equivalent to . Compare (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Dutch (deprecated template usage) wreedte, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Danish (deprecated template usage) vrede, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Swedish (deprecated template usage) vrede, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Icelandic (deprecated template usage) reiði. More at wroth.

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /ɹɒθ/, /ɹæθ/
• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Rhymes: -ɒθ, -æθ
• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /ɹæːθ/, /ɹæθ/
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• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Rhymes: -æθ
• The pronunciation with the vowel (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /æ/ is regarded as incorrect by many.

Noun

wrath (usually uncountable, plural wraths)

1. Great anger.
2. (deprecated template usage) (rare) Punishment.
   • Bible, Romans xiii. 4

     A revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.

3. (deprecated template usage) A single card that is able to destroy many creatures.

Synonyms

• (great anger): fury, ire

Derived terms

• grapes of wrath
• wrathful

Translations

great anger

• Czech: hněv (cs) m
• Dutch: gramschap f, woede (nl) f, toorn (nl) m
• Finnish: viha (fi), raivo (fi)
• French: fureur (fr) f, courroux (fr) m, ire (fr) f, colère (fr) f
• German: Zorn (de) m, Wut (de) f
• Greek: οργή (el) f (orgí)
• Italian: furore (it) m, collera (it) f, ira (it) f
• Japanese: 激怒 (ja) (げきど、gekido), 憤怒 (ja) (ふんぬ)
• Khmer: កំហឹងខ្លាំង (kɑmhəng klang)
• Korean: 성 (ko) (seong)
• Kurdish: , , , , , , ,
• Latin: ira (la)
• Latvian: dusmas
• Lithuanian: rūstybė f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Macedonian: гнев m (gnev), бес m (bes)
• Malay: kemarahan, kemurkaan
• Maori: ngana
• Mirandese: rábia f
• Norwegian: vrede m, sinne (no) n
• Polish: gniew (pl) m
• Portuguese: cólera (pt) f, ira (pt) f
• Romanian: mânie (ro) f, furie (ro) f, urgie (ro) f
• Russian: гнев (ru) m (gn'ev)
• Scottish Gaelic: corraich f
• Serbo-Croatian: гнев m (gnev), срџба f (srdžba), срдитост f (srditost)
• Spanish: cólera (es) f, ira (es) f
• Swedish: vrede (sv) c
• Turkish: gazap (tr), hiddet (tr)
• West Frisian: grime c

punishment as a revenge

• French: courroux (fr) m
• Latvian: atriebība f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Lithuanian: kerštas m
• Romanian: răzbunare (ro) f

Adjective

wrath (comparative more wrath, superlative most wrath)

1. (deprecated template usage) (rare) Wrathful; very angry.

Verb

wrath (third-person singular simple present wraths, present participle wrathing, simple past and past participle wrathed)

1. (deprecated template usage) (obsolete) To anger; to enrage.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “wrath”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)