wrath
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nounADJECTIVE▪ full, great▪ divine, righteous▪
They saw the floods as a sign of divine wrath.
VERB + WRATH▪ arouse, bring, bring down, draw (esp. AmE), earn, incur, provoke, unleash▪This remark brought the judge's full wrath down on Sergeant Golding.
▪He incurred Helen's wrath by arriving late.
▪What had she done to provoke his wrath?
▪ feel, suffer▪This is the second hotel to feel the wrath of the bombers.
▪ fear▪She feared her father's wrath.
▪ brave, face, risk▪If the President fails, he will face the wrath of the voters.
▪ appease, avoid, escape▪They left gifts for the gods to appease their wrath.
▪He fled the country to escape the gang leader's wrath.
▪ turn, vent▪He vented his wrath on his colleagues.
PREPOSITION▪ wrath at▪his wrath at the insult
PHRASES▪ God's wrath, the wrath of God
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Wrath — (?; 277), n. [OE. wrathe, wra[thorn][thorn]e, wrethe, wr[ae][eth][eth]e, AS. wr[=ae][eth][eth]o, fr. wr[=a][eth] wroth; akin to Icel. rei[eth]i wrath. See {Wroth}, a.] [1913 Webster] 1. Violent anger; vehement exasperation; indignation; rage;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Wrath — Wrath … Википедия
wrath — wrath·ful; wrath·ful·ly; wrath·ful·ness; wrath·i·ly; wrath; … English syllables
wrath — [rɔθ US ræθ] n [U] [: Old English; Origin: wrAththo, from wrath angry ] formal extreme anger ▪ He was scared of incurring his father s wrath … Dictionary of contemporary English
wrath — wrath, wrathful, wroth Wrath is an archaic or literary noun meaning ‘anger’, and is pronounced rawth or roth, or in AmE rath. Wrathful is the corresponding adjective meaning ‘angry’. Wroth is also an adjective, and is always used predicatively, i … Modern English usage
wrath|y — «RATH ee, RAHTH ; especially British R thee», adjective, wrath|i|er, wrath|i|est. = wrathful. (Cf. ↑wrathful) … Useful english dictionary
Wrath — Wrath, a. See {Wroth}. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Wrath — Wrath, v. t. To anger; to enrage; also used impersonally. [Obs.] I will not wrathen him. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] If him wratheth, be ywar and his way shun. Piers Plowman. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
wrath — [rath, räth; ] chiefly Brit [ rôth] n. [ME wraththe < OE wræththo < wrath,WROTH] 1. intense anger; rage; fury 2. any action carried out in great anger, esp. for punishment or vengeance adj. Archaic wrathful SYN. ANGER … English World dictionary
