Synonyms for wrathful


Grammar : Adj
Spell : rath-fuhl, rahth- or, esp. British, rawth-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈræθ fəl, ˈrɑθ- or, esp. British, ˈrɔθ-

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Définition of wrathful

Origin :
  • c.1300, from wrath + -ful. Related: Wrathfully.
  • adj very angry
Example sentences :
  • I returned his gaze, and I dare say it was about as wrathful as his own.
  • Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
  • Gaskin was the first man who came in reach of the wrathful American.
  • Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling
  • At the old servant's wrathful words he experienced a kind of relief.
  • Extract from : « Abbe Mouret's Transgression » by Emile Zola
  • He swore, and his benignity was eclipsed by wrathful memory.
  • Extract from : « The Snare » by Rafael Sabatini
  • Hatteras could not restrain a wrathful gesture at this remark.
  • Extract from : « The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras » by Jules Verne
  • But he was not only wrathful, he also felt humiliated and ashamed.
  • Extract from : « A Bride of the Plains » by Baroness Emmuska Orczy
  • She felt wrathful with Béla—as wrathful, at least, as so gentle a creature could be.
  • Extract from : « A Bride of the Plains » by Baroness Emmuska Orczy
  • Ruth faced the old woman with wrathful sparks in her brown eyes.
  • Extract from : « Ruth Fielding and the Gypsies » by Alice B. Emerson
  • Her voice was so wild and wrathful that the sentinels were frightened, and obeyed.
  • Extract from : « The Adventures of Maya the Bee » by Waldemar Bonsels
  • Langrish came to me after supper in a state of wrathful perturbation.
  • Extract from : « Tom, Dick and Harry » by Talbot Baines Reed

Antonyms for wrathful

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