wrathful

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Old English wrǣþþu

Middle English wratthe

Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós

Proto-Germanic *fullaz

Proto-Germanic *-fullaz

Old English -ful

Middle English -ful

Middle English wrattheful

English wrathful

Inherited from Middle English wrattheful, wrathful; by surface analysis, wrath +‎ ful.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɒθfəl/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɹæθfəl/

Adjective

wrathful (comparative more wrathful, superlative most wrathful)

1. Possessed of great wrath; very angry.

   Antonym: unwrathful

Synonyms

• wrath
• wroth

Derived terms

• wrathfully
• wrathfulness

Translations

possessed of great wrath

• Bulgarian: гневен (bg) (gneven), разгневен (bg) (razgneven)
• French: courroucé (fr)
• Georgian: მრისხანე (mrisxane), შმაგი (šmagi)
• German: zornig (de), erzürnt (de)
• Manx: corree, jymmoosagh, fargagh
• Middle English: wroth, wrattheful
• Norwegian: olm
• Polish: gniewny (pl)
• Russian: гне́вный (ru) (gnévnyj), разгне́ванный (ru) (razgnévannyj), рассе́рженный (ru) (rasséržennyj)
• Spanish: furioso (es)

Middle English

Adjective

wrathful

1. alternative form of wrattheful