wroth

Meaning

Full of anger; wrathful.

Synonyms

angry

😠

wrathful

irate

ireful

enraged

wrothful

incensed

shirty

awrath

ropable

berserk

frantic

furious

furiously

ragging

wrathy

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹəʊθ/

Etymology

From Middle English wroth, wrooth, from Old English wrāþ, from Proto-Germanic *wraiþaz (“cruel”), from Proto-Indo-European *wreyt- (“to turn”). Akin to Saterland Frisian wreed (“haughty; proud”), Old Saxon wrēd (“evil”) (Dutch wreed (“cruel”)), Old High German reid (“cruel”), Old Norse reiðr (“angry”) (Danish vred, Swedish vred).