wrath

Meaning

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

wrath

anger

rage

fury

ire

indignation

resentment

hatred

passion

outrage

exasperation

cruelty

heat

ira

angriness

choler

dander

huff

vexation

hate

enmity

ferociousness

rampage

furiousness

offense

impatience

impetuosity

violence

violent anger

ferocity

fierceness

aggravation

dudgeon

fume

miff

spleen

tantrum

temper

wrathiness

pet

stroke

wrathfulness

bad temper

irascibility

spitefulness

cheekiness

impudence

insolence

madness

enragement

furor

furore

power

angry

furious

indignant

become angry

heart

grudge

pique

spite

IRA

infuriation

irefulness

rabies

woodness

exacerbation

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹɒθ/

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. 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”) * Dutch wreedte (“cruelty”) * Icelandic reiði (“anger”) * Swedish vrede (“anger, ire, wrath”)