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.

anger

ira

violent anger

woodness

bad temper

become angry

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”)

Meaning

Synonyms

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹɒθ/

Etymology

Cognate with Dutch

wreedte

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