wrath

Meaning

Noun

1. (formal, uncountable, usually) Great anger; (countable) an instance of this.
2. (uncountable, usually) Punishment, retribution, or vengeance resulting from anger; (countable) an instance of this.
3. (obsolete, uncountable, usually) Great ardour or passion.

Verb

1. (Early, Modern, obsolete, transitive) To anger (someone); to enrage.
2. (Early, Modern, obsolete, transitive) To become angry with (someone).
3. (Early, Modern, intransitive, obsolete) To become angry.

Adj

Synonym of wroth (“full of anger; wrathful”).

Synonyms

anger

💢

rage

😡

fury

ire

indignation

resentment

hatred

passion

cruelty

exasperation

outrage

huff

angriness

enmity

choler

ira

vexation

hate

😡

dander

heat

indignant

infuriation

insolence

irascibility

madness

miff

offense

pet

pique

power

rampage

spite

spitefulness

spleen

tantrum

temper

wrathfulness

enragement

IRA

rabies

stroke

violence

irefulness

violent anger

wrathiness

aggravation

woodness

angry

😠

bad temper

become angry

Translations

Zorn

💢

colère

💢

ira

💢

fureur

ira

💢

collera

Wut

😡

woede

💢

οργή

θυμός

cólera

💢

ira

💢

öfke

💢

ire

ira

😡

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹɒθ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: wraththe

Inherited from Old English: wrǣþþu

Inherited from Middle English: wratthen

Cognate with Danish: vrede

Cognate with Dutch: wreedte

Cognate with Icelandic: reiði

Cognate with Swedish: vrede

In summary

The noun is derived from Middle English wraththe, wreththe (“anger, fury, rage; animosity, hostility; deadly sin of wrath; distress, vexation; punishment; retribution (?)”) [and other forms], from Old English wrǣþþu (“ire, wrath”) [and other forms], from Proto-West Germanic *wraiþiþu (“anger, fury, wrath”), from *wraiþ (“angry, furious, wroth; hostile, violent; bent, twisted”) (from Proto-Germanic *wraiþaz (“angry, furious, wroth; hostile, violent; bent, twisted”), from Proto-Indo-European *wreyt- (“to twist”)) + *-iþu (suffix forming abstract nouns). Effectively analysable as wroth + -th (abstract nominal suffix).
The verb is derived from Middle English wratthen (“to be or become angry, to rage; to quarrel; to cause wrath, offend; to become troubled or vexed; to cause grief or harm, grieve, vex”) [and other forms], from wraththe, wreththe (noun) (see above) + -en (suffix forming the infinitive of verbs).
Cognates
* Danish vrede (“anger, wrath”)
* Dutch wreedte (“cruelty”)
* Icelandic reiði (“anger”)
* Swedish vrede (“anger, ire, wrath”)

Sentences

Never let the sun set on thy wrath .