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wrath (rat̸h, rät̸h; chiefly Brit rôt̸h)

noun

  1. intense anger; rage; fury
  2. 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

n.

fury, rage, vengeance, madness; see anger, rage 2. See syn. study at anger.

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

  • gambling: Wrath gambling light however were could discharge electrified bodies.
  • record: Conversely, Leeds based, Wrath records signed, pop rock peddlers Galitza have clearly been in the business a while.
  • iof: Should I take g/s anyway and risk the wrath iof the court?

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