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Grammar : Noun
Spell : rath, rahth or, esp. British, rawth
Phonetic Transcription : ræθ, rɑθ or, esp. British, rɔθ



Definition of wrath

Origin :
  • Old English wræððu "anger," from wrað "angry" (see wroth) + -þu, from Proto-Germanic -itho (as in strength, width etc.).
  • noun extreme anger
Example sentences :
  • The sun went down on its wrath, and its night was tempestuous.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • But the wrath of the father rose afresh at sight of her "infatuation."
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • "Get out of this," he said, with the sternness of wrath suppressed.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • The man turned a face upon him which was lion-like in its strength and in its wrath.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • But after an interview with Harris he swallowed this wrath as best he might.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • No wonder he is sometimes provoked to fiendish outbursts of wrath.
  • Extract from : « A Treatise on Parents and Children » by George Bernard Shaw
  • Wherefore we must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience' sake.
  • Extract from : « An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism » by Joseph Stump
  • The first look that they gave at the upper world was a glare of wrath and defiance.
  • Extract from : « Tanglewood Tales » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • I possess his secret; I could give him up to the king's wrath; I could bring him to the death.
  • Extract from : « Leila, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • The excitement, the wrath of the troops, produced the temper most fit for action.
  • Extract from : « Leila, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

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