the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. Violent anger; vehement exasperation; indignation; rage; fury; ire.
n. The effects of anger or indignation; the just punishment of an offense or a crime.
adj. See wroth.
v. To anger; to enrage; -- also used impersonally.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. Fierce anger; vehement indignation; rage.
n. Heat; impetuosity.
n. The effects of anger; the just punishment of an offense or crime; vengeance.
n.=Syn.1. Anger, Vexation, Indignation, etc. (see anger).
An obsolete (in early modern use erroneous) form of wroth.
To become wroth or angry; manifest anger.
To make wroth or angry; cause wrath or anger in; anger; enrage.
To be angry with; exhibit anger or wrath to.
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n. belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins)
n. intense anger (usually on an epic scale)
Word Usage
"Beck had turned away in wrath from the table, and advancing with a magisterial step to the door, he threw it open; as if he thought, that longer to breathe the same air with the person he had excommunicated, would infect him with his own curses."