WRATHFUL

wrathful, wroth, wrothful

(adjective) vehemently incensed and condemnatory; “they trembled before the wrathful queen”; “but wroth as he was, a short struggle ended in reconciliation”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

wrathful (comparative more wrathful, superlative most wrathful)

Possessed of great wrath; very angry.

Antonym: unwrathful

Source: Wiktionary


Wrath"ful, a.

1. Full of wrath; very angry; greatly incensed; ireful; passionate; as, a wrathful man.

2. Springing from, or expressing, wrath; as, a wrathful countenance. "Wrathful passions." Sprat.

Syn.

– Furious; raging; indignant; resentful.

– Wrath"ful*ly, adv.

– Wrath"ful*ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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