US /rɔːθ/ UK /rəʊθ/
adj Freq #149224

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    archaic or literary: intensely angry

    The king grew wroth when his command was openly defied.

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Synonyms
1 adj · archaic or literary:... angrywrathfulincensedenraged
Opposites
calmpleasedappeased
Word family
Related forms wrathwrathful

Etymology

From Old English wrath, meaning 'angry or hostile,' from a Proto-Germanic adjective also associated with cruelty. It is the adjectival relative of wrath and now survives chiefly in archaic or literary use.

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