wrath Definition
wrath (rat̸h, rät̸h; chiefly Brit rôt̸h)
noun
- intense anger; rage; fury
- any action carried out in great anger, esp. for punishment or vengeance
Etymology: ME wraththe < OE wræththo < wrath, wroth
adjective
Archaic wrathful
wrath Synonyms
wrath Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- god: Romans were more fearful than the educated Greeks had been of the wrath of the gods.
- king: Latimer promptly resigned but the wrath of the king was at once upon him.
- community: This brought down the wrath of the international community - international aid was suspended and Cambodia's application to join ASEAN was postponed indefinitely.
- worketh: James 1:20 says, " For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
Converse of object
- incur: Flynn's hacking incurs the wrath of the MCP, which dislikes him poking around in its memory.
- appease: We cannot accept the idea that Jesus suffered to appease the wrath of God as a simple issue.
- arouse: The taint of Darkness spreading through their realm is guaranteed to arouse the wrath of these dragons.
- invoke: That move provoked US TV evangelist Pat Robertson to warn the town was invoking the wrath of God.
- flee: These were traditionally named after two lovers who fled the wrath of the girl's father.
- escape: February 05: To nobody's great surprise, Danny Mills and Lee Bowyer failed to escape the Wrath of the FA today.
Preposition: against
sin: Tell them about their sin and about God's wrath against sin and about the just penalty for sin that is coming.
Adjective modifier
- righteous: For where they had come once, they would come again, next time in greater numbers, afire with righteous wrath.
- fierce: And He treads the winepress of the fierce wrath of God, the Almighty.
- divine: Is it a Man cast down in the divine wrath, His strength weakened in the way, His days shortened?
- coming: They knew he " rescues us from the coming wrath.
- thy: Remember how I stood before thee to speak good for them, to turn away thy wrath from them.
- eternal: The loom in which it was woven was eternal wrath.
Modifies a noun
Browse dictionary entries near wrath
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- ‹ wrapper
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