Definitions for: Wrath

[n] belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins)
[n] intense anger (usually on an epic scale)

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.]
1. Violent anger; vehement exasperation; indignation; rage;
fury; ire.

Wrath is a fire, and jealousy a weed. --Spenser.

When the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased.
--Esther ii.
1.

Now smoking and frothing Its tumult and wrath in.
--Southey.

2. The effects of anger or indignation; the just punishment
of an offense or a crime. ``A revenger to execute wrath
upon him that doeth evil.'' --Rom. xiii. 4.

Syn: Anger; fury; rage; ire; vengeance; indignation;
resentment; passion. See Anger.

Wrath, a.
See Wroth. [Obs.]

Wrath, v. t.
To anger; to enrage; -- also used impersonally. [Obs.] ``I
will not wrathen him.'' --Chaucer.

If him wratheth, be ywar and his way shun. --Piers
Plowman.

Synonyms: anger, ira, ire

See Also: deadly sin, fury, madness, mortal sin, rage

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