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wrath¹

  • /ɹɒθ/ UK
  • /ɹɔːθ/ UK
  • /ɹɑːθ/ UK
  • /ɹɔθ/ British, Southern, Standard
  • /ɹaθ/ British, Southern, Standard
  • /ɹæθ/ US
  • [ɹʷæθ] US
  • /ɹæθ/ Australia, New Zealand
  • /ɹɔθ/ Australia, New Zealand
  • /ɾɔθ/ Scotland
  • /ɾaθ/ Scotland
  • /ɾɒθ/ Wales
  • /ɾaθ/ Wales

Sounds like wroth, Roth (some speakers) · Rhymes with -ɒθ, -ɔːθ, -æθ

Where it comes from

The noun is derived from Middle English wratthe (“anger, hostility, distress retribution”) [and other forms], from Old English wrǣþþu (“ire, wrath”) [and other forms], from Proto-West Germanic *wraiþiþu (“anger, fury, wrath”), from *wraiþ (“angry, furious, wroth; hostile, violent; bent, twisted”) (from Proto-Germanic *wraiþaz (“angry, furious, wroth; hostile, violent; bent, twisted”), from Proto-Indo-European *wreyt- (“to twist”)) + *-iþu (suffix forming abstract nouns). Effectively analysable as wroth + -th (abstract nominal suffix); compare Dutch wreedte.

The verb is derived from Middle English wratthen (“to be or become angry, to rage; to quarrel; to cause wrath, offend; to become troubled or vexed; to cause grief or harm, grieve, vex”) [and other forms], from wratthe, wretthe (noun) (see above) + -en (suffix forming the infinitive of verbs).

noun wraths

  1. formal, uncountable, usually Great anger; (countable) an instance of this. Homer relates an episode in the Trojan War that reveals the tragic consequences of the wrath of Achilles.

    Similar: fury, ire, bile, choler, dander, displeasure, dudgeon, gall, grudge, indignation, rage, red mist

  2. uncountable, usually Punishment, retribution, or vengeance resulting from anger; (countable) an instance of this. the wrath of God
  3. obsolete, uncountable, usually Great ardour or passion. [T]hey are in the verie vvrath of loue, and they vvill together. Clubbes cannot part them.

verb wraths · wrathing · wrathed · wrath

  1. Early, Modern, obsolete, transitive To anger (someone); to enrage. [R]emembre howe by thy cursed synnes thou haste offended and wrathed thy lorde god.
  2. Early, Modern, obsolete, transitive To become angry with (someone).
  3. Early, Modern, intransitive, obsolete To become angry. "Nay, wrath thee not, Will," said Ganlesse; "and speak no words in haste, lest you may have cause to repent at leisure.[…]"

wrath²

  • /ɹɒθ/ UK
  • /ɹɔːθ/ UK
  • /ɹɑːθ/ UK
  • /ɹɔθ/ British, Southern, Standard
  • /ɹaθ/ British, Southern, Standard
  • /ɹæθ/ US
  • [ɹʷæθ] US
  • /ɹæθ/ Australia, New Zealand
  • /ɹɔθ/ Australia, New Zealand
  • /ɾɔθ/ Scotland
  • /ɾaθ/ Scotland
  • /ɾɒθ/ Wales
  • /ɾaθ/ Wales

Sounds like wroth, Roth (some speakers) · Rhymes with -ɒθ, -ɔːθ, -æθ

Where it comes from

A variant of wroth, probably influenced by wrath (noun) (see etymology 1).

adjective more wrath · most wrath

  1. Early, Modern, archaic, obsolete Synonym of wroth (“full of anger; wrathful”). Take heede the Queene come not vvithin his ſight, For Oberon is paſſing fell and vvrath: Becauſe that ſhe, as her attendant, hath A louely boy ſtollen, from an Indian king: She neuer had ſo ſvveete a changeling.

    Similar: wroth

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: anger, ire, ira, angry, fury, angered, rage, furious, choler, tantrum, frenzy, indignation, furor, furore, resentment, uproar

Translations

Every language

noun great anger; an instance of this

Españolcólera, furia, ira
한국어분노 bunno, 격노 gyeongno, 성 seong
日本語憤怒 funnu, 激怒 gekido
中文憤怒 /愤怒 fènnù
हिन्दीप्रकोप prakop, ग़ज़ब ġazab, ग़ुस्सा ġussā, क्रोध krodh, क़हर qahar, रोष roṣ
Kiswahilighadhabu
Portuguêscólera, ira, fúria
Françaiscolère, courroux, fureur, ire
DeutschÄrger, Ingrimm, Wut, Zorn
Italianocollera, furore, ira
Ελληνικάοργή orgí, θυμός thymós
Românăfurie, mânie, urgie
Русскийгнев gnev, зло́ба zlóba, злость zlostʹ
Tiếng Việtcơn tức giận, thịnh nộ
العربيةغَضَب ḡaḍab, غَيْظ ḡayẓ, قَهْر qahr, سَخَط saḵaṭ
עבריתכַּעַס ká'as, זַעַם zá'am

noun punishment, retribution, or vengeance resulting from anger; an instance of this.

Españolcastigo
हिन्दीप्रकोप prakop
Françaiscourroux
DeutschVergeltung
Românărăzbunare
Русскийвозме́здие vozmézdije

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@misc{wrath_2026,
  title = {wrath},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/wrath},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}