Category:Wrath

Wrath, n. Etym: [oe. wrathe, wraþ\'ede, wrethe, wræ\'ebthe, as. Wræ\'ebtho, fr. wra\'eb wroth; akin to icel. reithi wrath. See wroth, A.]

1. Violent anger; vehement exasperation; indignation; rage; fury; Ire. Wrath is a fire, and jealousy a weed. Spenser. When the wrath of king ahasuerus was appeased. Esther ii. 1. Now smoking and frothing its tumult and wrath in. Southey.

2. The effects of anger or indignation; the just punishment of an Offense or a crime. "a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth Evil." Rom. xiii. 4.

Syn. -- anger; fury; rage; ire; vengeance; indignation; resentment; Passion. See anger.

Wrath Wrath, a.

Defn: see wroth. [obs.]

Wrath Wrath, v. t.

Defn: to anger; to enrage; -- also used impersonally. [obs.] "i will Not wrathen him." Chaucer. If him wratheth, be ywar and his way shun. Piers plowman.