wrath

  • 21wrath — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ full, great ▪ divine, righteous ▪ They saw the floods as a sign of divine wrath. VERB + WRATH ▪ arouse …

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  • 22wrath — n. (formal) 1) to bring down, incur smb. s wrath 2) to visit one s wrath upon smb. 3) one s righteous wrath * * * [rɒθ] incur smb. s wrath (formal) to bring down one s righteous wrath to visit one s wrath upon smb …

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  • 23wrath — The attitude of God towards sin and evil, the inevitable response of his holiness to human wickedness. In the OT sudden death or disaster was interpreted as the manifestation of God s wrath and reasons sought for it, as when Uzzah touched the Ark …

    Dictionary of the Bible

  • 24wrath — Synonyms and related words: a transient madness, acedia, acerbity, acrimony, anger, angriness, asperity, avarice, avaritia, deadly sin, enragement, envy, fury, gluttony, grapes of wrath, greed, gula, heat, indignation, infuriation, invidia, ira,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 25wrath — [[t]rɒ̱θ, AM ræ̱θ[/t]] N UNCOUNT: oft with poss Wrath means the same as anger. [LITERARY] He incurred the wrath of the authorities in speaking out against government injustices …

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  • 26wrath — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English wrǣththo, from wrāth wroth more at wroth Date: before 12th century 1. strong vengeful anger or indignation 2. retributory punishment for an offense or a crime ; divine chastisement Synonyms: see …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 27wrath — /rath, rahth/ or, esp. Brit., /rawth/, n. 1. strong, stern, or fierce anger; deeply resentful indignation; ire. 2. vengeance or punishment as the consequence of anger. adj. 3. Archaic. wroth. [bef. 900; (n.) ME wraththe, OE wraeththo, equiv. to… …

    Universalium

  • 28wrath — 1. noun /ɹɒθ,ɹæθ,ɹæːθ,ɹæθ,æ/ a) great anger Homer relates an episode in the Trojan War that reveals the tragic consequences of the wrath of Achilles. b) punishment Syn: fury, ire 2 …

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  • 29wrath — [rɒθ, rɔ:θ] noun extreme anger. Origin OE wrththu, from wrāth (see wroth) …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 30wrath — noun (U) formal extreme anger: fearing the wrath of God wrathful adjective wrathfully adverb …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English