wrath

Wrath is great anger.

(noun)

An example of wrath is the way you would feel after your brand new car is stolen and destroyed.

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See wrath in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

  1. intense anger; rage; fury
  2. any action carried out in great anger, esp. for punishment or vengeance

Origin: ME wraththe < OE wræththo < wrath, wroth

adjective

Archaic wrathful

See wrath in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. Forceful, often vindictive anger. See Synonyms at anger.
  2. a. Punishment or vengeance as a manifestation of anger.
    b. Divine retribution for sin.
adjective
Archaic
Wrathful.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old English wrǣththu

Origin: , from wrāth, angry; see wer-2 in Indo-European roots

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A promontory at the northwest extremity of the Scottish mainland.

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