Wrath Definition

răth, räth

noun

Intense anger; rage; fury.

Webster's New World

Any action carried out in great anger, esp. for punishment or vengeance.

Webster's New World

Great anger.

Homer relates an episode in the Trojan War that reveals the tragic consequences of the wrath of Achilles.

Wiktionary

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Antonyms:
happiness
love

adjective

Wrathful.

Webster's New World

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Synonyms:
angry
wrathful

verb

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

Wiktionary

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incur

Other Word Forms of Wrath

Noun

Singular:

wrath

Plural:

wraths

Origin of Wrath

From Middle English wraththe, wreththe, from Old English wrǣþþu, wrǣþþo (“wrath, fury"), from Proto-Germanic *wraiþiþō (“wrath, fury"), equivalent to wroth +"Ž -th. Compare Dutch wreedte (“cruelty"), Danish vrede (“anger"), Swedish vrede (“wrath, anger, ire"), Icelandic reiði (“anger"). More at wroth.

From Wiktionary
Middle English from Old English wrǣththu from wrāth angry wer-² in Indo-European roots Adj., variant of wroth

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition