wrath en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ɾɔθ/ (Scotland)
- /ɾaθ/ (Scotland)
- /ɹɔθ/ (British, Southern, Standard)
- /ɹɔθ/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
- (General-American) audio
- /ɹaθ/ (British, Southern, Standard)
- /ɾaθ/ (Wales)
- /ɹɒθ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ɾɒθ/ (Wales)
- /ɹæθ/ (General-American)
- /ɹæθ/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
- [ɹʷæθ] (General-American)
- /ɹɔːθ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ɹɑːθ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
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).
Meanings
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(formal, uncountable, usually) Great anger; (countable) an instance of this.
VVho (in my vvrath) Kneel'd and^([sic – meaning at]) my feet, and bid me be aduis'd?
c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i], page 183, column 1:Homer relates an episode in the Trojan War that reveals the tragic consequences of the wrath of Achilles.
[S]tern briſtles hedg'd up high His back, vvhich did all vvrath of thorns defie.
1648, Joseph Beaumont, “Canto II. Lust Conquered. Stanza 16.”, in Psyche: Or Loves Mysterie, […], London: […] John Dawson for George Boddington, […], →OCLC, page 14, column 2:Lingring perdition (vvorſe then any death Can be at once) ſhall ſtep, by ſtep attend You, and your vvayes, vvhoſe vvraths, to guard you from, VVhich here, in this moſt deſolate Iſle, elſe fals Vpon your heads, is nothing but hearts-ſorrovv, And a cleere life enſuing.
1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii], page 13, column 2:[C]ome not near me to night, vvhile I'm in vvrath.
1667 (revival performance), John Dryden, The Wild Gallant: A Comedy. […], In the Savoy [London]: […] T[homas] Newcomb for H[enry] Herringman, […], published 1669, →OCLC, Act II, page 24:We come in charity and good will, but we may go in wrath.
1882, Ouida [pseudonym; Maria Louise Ramé], chapter XII, in In Maremma […], volume I, London: Chatto & Windus, […], →OCLC, page 243:For vvhen he knevv his Rival freed and gone, He ſvvells vvith VVrath; he makes outrageous Moan: He frets, he fumes, he ſtares, he ſtamps the Ground; The hollowvv Tovv'r vvith Clamours rings around: […]
1700, [John] Dryden, “Palamon and Arcite: Or, The Knight’s Tale. In Three Books.”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, book I, page 17:When lo! a wasted Female form, Blighted by wrath of sun and storm, In tattered weeds and wild array, Stood on a cliff beside the way, […]
1810, Walter Scott, “Canto IV. The Prophecy.”, in The Lady of the Lake; […], Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for John Ballantyne and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, and William Miller, →OCLC, stanza XXI, page 172:VVhat Drop or Noſtrum can this Plague remove? Or vvhich muſt end me, a Fool's VVrath or Love?
1735 January 13 (Gregorian calendar; indicated as 1734), [Alexander] Pope, An Epistle from Mr. Pope, to Dr. Arbuthnot, London: […] J[ohn] Wright for Lawton Gilliver […], →OCLC, page 2, lines 29–30:I tel you true my hart is ſwolne with wrath, On this ſame theeuiſh villain Tamburlain.
c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene ii, signature B2, verso:His chafing, bleeding temper is one raw; his whole soul one rage, and wrath, and fever.
1861 January – 1862 August, W[illiam] M[akepeace] Thackeray, “I Charge You, Drop Your Daggers!”, in The Adventures of Philip on His Way through the World; […], volume II, London: Smith, Elder and Co., […], published 1862, →OCLC, page 238:How sweetly would she glide between your wraths, And steal you from each other!
1864, Alfred Tennyson, “Aylmer’s Field”, in Enoch Arden, &c., London: Edward Moxon & Co., […], →OCLC, page 87:The Seer, vvho could not yet his VVrath aſſvvage, Rovvl'd his green Eyes, that ſparkl'd vvith his Rage; […]
1697, Virgil, “The Fourth Book of the Georgics”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 142, lines 651–652:Then nature injur'd, ſcandaliz'd, defil'd, Unveil'd her bluſhing cheek, look'd on and ſmil'd, Beheld vvith joy the lovely ſcene defac'd, And prais'd the vvrath that lay'd her beauties vvaſte.
1781 (date written), William Cowper, “Expostulation”, in Poems, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], published 1782, →OCLC, page 124:[S]he remained still: except that she clenched her arms tighter and tighter within each other, on her bosom, as if to restrain them by that means from doing an injury to herself, or some one else, in the blind fury of the wrath that suddenly possessed her.
1846 October 1 – 1848 April 1, Charles Dickens, “Another Mother and Daughter”, in Dombey and Son, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1848, →OCLC, page 348:[H]im ſo far had borne his light-foot ſteede, Pricked vvith vvrath and fiery fierce diſdaine, That him to follovv vvas but fruitleſſe paine; […]
1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 8, page 21:Thou barrein ground, whome winters wrath hath waſted, Art made a myrrhour, to behold my plight: […]
1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “Ianuarye. Ægloga Prima.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Hugh Singleton, […], →OCLC, folio 1, verso:The most rapid and most seductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite. […] Can those harmless but refined fellow-diners be the selfish cads whose gluttony and personal appearance so raised your contemptuous wrath on your arrival?
1921, Ben Travers, “‘Sing Cuccu Nu’”, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC, part I (“Come He Will”), page 47:Let all bitternes, fearſnes and wrath, rorynge and curſyd ſpeakynge, be put awaye from you, with all maliciouſnes.
1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Ephesians iiij:[31], folios cclvij, recto – cclvij, verso:[…] Miſs Margland, in deep vvrath, refuſed to let her move a ſtep.
1796, [Frances Burney], “A Raffle”, in Camilla: Or, A Picture of Youth. […], volume I, London: […] T[homas] Payne, […]; and T[homas] Cadell Jun. and W[illiam] Davies (successors to Mr. [Thomas] Cadell) […], →OCLC, book II, page 254:But quickly Peter's mood is chang'd, And on he drives with cheeks that burn In downright fury and in wrath— […]
1798 (date written), William Wordsworth, “Part First”, in Peter Bell, a Tale in Verse, London: […] Strahan and Spottiswoode, […]; for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […], published 1819, →OCLC, page 26:
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(uncountable, usually) Punishment, retribution, or vengeance resulting from anger; (countable) an instance of this.
He to appeaſe thy wrauth, and end the ſtrife Of Mercy and Juſtice in thy face diſcern'd, Regardleſs of the Bliſs wherein hee ſat Second to thee, offerd himſelf to die For mans offence.
1667, John Milton, “Book III”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, lines 406–410:[T]he vvrath of God cometh upon the children of diſobedience.
1678, John Bunyan, The Pilgrim’s Progress from This World, to That which is to Come: […], London: […] Nath[aniel] Ponder […], →OCLC, page 188:And though not mortall, yet a cold ſhuddring devv Dips me all o'e[r], as vvhen the vvrath of Iove Speaks thunder, and the chaines of Erebus To ſome of Saturns crevv.
1634 October 9 (first performance; Gregorian calendar), [John Milton], edited by H[enry] Lawes, A Maske Presented at Ludlow Castle, 1634: […] [Comus], London: […] [Augustine Matthews] for Hvmphrey Robinson, […], published 1637, →OCLC; reprinted as Comus: […] (Dodd, Mead & Company’s Facsimile Reprints of Rare Books; Literature Series; no. I), New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1903, →OCLC, page 27:[H]e is the miniſter of God, a reuenger to execute wrath vpon him that doeth euill.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Romans 13:4, column 2:[…] I [i.e., God] gaue the [thee] a kinge in my wrath, and in my diſpleaſure will I take him from the agayne.
1535 October 14 (Gregorian calendar), Myles Coverdale, transl., Biblia: The Byble, […] (Coverdale Bible), [Cologne or Marburg]: [Eucharius Cervicornus and Johannes Soter?], →OCLC, Eseas [Hosea] xiij:[11], folio lxxxvi, verso, column 1:the wrath of God
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(obsolete, uncountable, usually) Great ardour or passion.
[T]hey are in the verie vvrath of loue, and they vvill together. Clubbes cannot part them.
c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii], page 194, column 2:[I]f you hold your life at any price, betake you to your gard: for your oppoſite hath in him vvhat youth, ſtrength, skill, and vvrath, can furniſh man vvithall.
c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iv], page 269, column 1:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| wraths | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
wrathy · wrathful · wrathfulness · wrathfully · grapes of wrath · unwrathful · unwrathfully · wrathlessness · like the wrath of God · wrathless
Relateds
Synonyms
red mist · gall · displeasure · dander · wrath · fury · rage · grudge · fury · woodness · choler · indignation · dudgeon · spleen · vexation · bile · resentment · ire · ire
Translations (200)
mk гнев (great anger; an instance of this) · ms kemarahan (great anger; an instance of this) · fr fureur (great anger; an instance of this) · kmr xezeb (great anger; an instance of this) · az hirs (great anger; an instance of this) · el θυμός (great anger; an instance of this) · nb vrede (great anger; an instance of this) · lv ļaunprātība (great anger; an instance of this) · ro mânie (great anger; an instance of this) · zdj utungu class 11/10a (great anger; an instance of this) · fr courroux (punishment, retribution, or vengeance resulting from anger; an instance of this.) · orv гнѣвъ (great anger; an instance of this) · sh sr̀ditōst (great anger; an instance of this) · ky ачуу (great anger; an instance of this) · cu гнѣвъ (great anger; an instance of this) · mn уур (great anger; an instance of this) · ug غەزەپ (great anger; an instance of this) · nl gramschap (great anger; an instance of this) · sh гње̑в (great anger; an instance of this) · tt ачу (great anger; an instance of this) · fi raivo (great anger; an instance of this) · uk гнів (great anger; an instance of this) · ug قەھر (great anger; an instance of this) · tg ғайз (great anger; an instance of this) · hi तैश (great anger; an instance of this) · he כַּעַס (great anger; an instance of this) · hi क्रोध (great anger; an instance of this) · sa क्रोध (great anger; an instance of this) · hu düh (great anger; an instance of this) · fi viha (great anger; an instance of this) · fa خشم (great anger; an instance of this) · ka რისხვა (great anger; an instance of this) · ur طَیش (great anger; an instance of this) · hi क़हर (great anger; an instance of this) · ps غضب (great anger; an instance of this) · ru возме́здие (punishment, retribution, or vengeance resulting from anger; an instance of this.) · sv vrede (great anger; an instance of this) · hy զայրույթ (great anger; an instance of this) · ka მრისხანება (great anger; an instance of this) · lt rūstybė (great anger; an instance of this) · es castigo (punishment, retribution, or vengeance resulting from anger; an instance of this.) · uz gʻazab (great anger; an instance of this) · mi nguha (great anger; an instance of this) · nl woede (great anger; an instance of this) · de Vergeltung (punishment, retribution, or vengeance resulting from anger; an instance of this.) · ba асыу (great anger; an instance of this) · yi צאָרן (great anger; an instance of this) · sh ср̀џба (great anger; an instance of this) · fa وروت (great anger; an instance of this) · vi cơn tức giận (great anger; an instance of this) · lt kerštas (punishment, retribution, or vengeance resulting from anger; an instance of this.) · fr courroux (great anger; an instance of this) · ro furie (great anger; an instance of this) · ru гнев (great anger; an instance of this) · my အမျက် (great anger; an instance of this) · ps قهر (great anger; an instance of this) · et viha (great anger; an instance of this) · lv dusmas (great anger; an instance of this) · fi viha (punishment, retribution, or vengeance resulting from anger; an instance of this.) · sh sr̀džba (great anger; an instance of this) · sk zlosť (great anger; an instance of this) · lv bargums (great anger; an instance of this) · fy grime (great anger; an instance of this) · ru злость (great anger; an instance of this) · ko 분노 (great anger; an instance of this) · hi ग़ज़ब (great anger; an instance of this) · gd corraich (great anger; an instance of this) · gl ira (great anger; an instance of this) · sh ср̀дито̄ст (great anger; an instance of this) · ka გაშმაგება (great anger; an instance of this) · nb sinne (great anger; an instance of this) · ro răzbunare (punishment, retribution, or vengeance resulting from anger; an instance of this.) · ota اوفكه (great anger; an instance of this) · pl złość (great anger; an instance of this) · sh gnjȇv (great anger; an instance of this) · it ira (great anger; an instance of this) · uz qahr (great anger; an instance of this) · fi rangaistus (punishment, retribution, or vengeance resulting from anger; an instance of this.) · sl gnev (great anger; an instance of this) · bg гняв (great anger; an instance of this) · lt pyktis (great anger; an instance of this) · la īra (great anger; an instance of this) · tt каһәр (great anger; an instance of this) · es ira (great anger; an instance of this) · th ความโกรธ (great anger; an instance of this) · grc θυμός (great anger; an instance of this) · pt cólera (great anger; an instance of this) · es furia (great anger; an instance of this) · io iraco (great anger; an instance of this) · cs zloba (great anger; an instance of this) · de Ärger (great anger; an instance of this) · fa قهر (great anger; an instance of this) · he זַעַם (great anger; an instance of this) · az hiddət (great anger; an instance of this) · cy dig (great anger; an instance of this) · ps غيظ (great anger; an instance of this) · sw ghadhabu (great anger; an instance of this) · scn currivu (great anger; an instance of this) · ja 激怒 (great anger; an instance of this) · ms kemurkaan (great anger; an instance of this) · ja 憤怒 (great anger; an instance of this) · is reiði (great anger; an instance of this) · ar قَهْر (great anger; an instance of this) · nl toorn (great anger; an instance of this) · sk hnev (great anger; an instance of this) · ar سَخَط (great anger; an instance of this) · lld sënn (great anger; an instance of this) · uz nafrat (great anger; an instance of this) · lt rūstis (great anger; an instance of this) · sh gnȇv (great anger; an instance of this) · lv atriebība (punishment, retribution, or vengeance resulting from anger; an instance of this.) · ur خَشْم (great anger; an instance of this) · enm wratthe (great anger; an instance of this) · alt ачу (great anger; an instance of this) · hy բարկություն (great anger; an instance of this) · kk ыза (great anger; an instance of this) · ky каар (great anger; an instance of this) · bg възме́здие (punishment, retribution, or vengeance resulting from anger; an instance of this.) · scn raggia (great anger; an instance of this) · uk злість (great anger; an instance of this) · sl bes (great anger; an instance of this) · th ความโกรธเคือง (great anger; an instance of this) · ru зло́ба (great anger; an instance of this) · fa غیظ (great anger; an instance of this) · tr gazap (great anger; an instance of this) · km កំហឹង (great anger; an instance of this) · enm wratthe (punishment, retribution, or vengeance resulting from anger; an instance of this.) · th โทสะ (great anger; an instance of this) · hi प्रकोप (great anger; an instance of this) · id murka (great anger; an instance of this) · ug نەپرەت (great anger; an instance of this) · pt ira (great anger; an instance of this) · ar غَضَب (great anger; an instance of this) · non vreiði (great anger; an instance of this) · sq druth (great anger; an instance of this) · is heift (great anger; an instance of this) · ro urgie (great anger; an instance of this) · ar غَيْظ (great anger; an instance of this) · az qeyz (great anger; an instance of this) · vi thịnh nộ (great anger; an instance of this) · de Ingrimm (great anger; an instance of this) · kk ашу (great anger; an instance of this) · ota قیزغینلق (great anger; an instance of this) · az qəhr (great anger; an instance of this) · kk қаһар (great anger; an instance of this) · tg хашм (great anger; an instance of this) · scn stuzzi (punishment, retribution, or vengeance resulting from anger; an instance of this.) · hi रोष (great anger; an instance of this) · el οργή (great anger; an instance of this) · cs zlost (great anger; an instance of this) · cy llid (great anger; an instance of this) · ml ക്രോധം (great anger; an instance of this) · mn уур хилэн (great anger; an instance of this) · fr colère (great anger; an instance of this) · tg қаҳр (great anger; an instance of this) · it collera (great anger; an instance of this) · fa طیش (great anger; an instance of this) · az qəzəb (great anger; an instance of this) · hi ग़ुस्सा (great anger; an instance of this) · tr hiddet (great anger; an instance of this) · hi प्रकोप (punishment, retribution, or vengeance resulting from anger; an instance of this.) · hu harag (great anger; an instance of this) · ko 격노 (great anger; an instance of this) · non reiði (great anger; an instance of this) · enm wrethe (great anger; an instance of this) · be злосць (great anger; an instance of this) · my ပဋိဃာတ် (great anger; an instance of this) · grc μηνιθμός (great anger; an instance of this) · ka გაცოფება (great anger; an instance of this) · mk бес (great anger; an instance of this) · mn ᠠᠭᠤᠷ (great anger; an instance of this) · mwl rábia (great anger; an instance of this) · de Zorn (great anger; an instance of this) · sq mëri (great anger; an instance of this) · et raev (great anger; an instance of this) · de Wut (great anger; an instance of this) · cs hněv (great anger; an instance of this) · be гнеў (great anger; an instance of this) · da vrede (great anger; an instance of this) · ps خشم (great anger; an instance of this) · it furore (great anger; an instance of this) · es cólera (great anger; an instance of this) · enm wrethe (punishment, retribution, or vengeance resulting from anger; an instance of this.) · ka მძვინვარება (great anger; an instance of this) · fa غضب (great anger; an instance of this) · pl gniew (great anger; an instance of this) · sa रोष (great anger; an instance of this) · th วิโรธ (great anger; an instance of this) · fr ire (great anger; an instance of this) · cmn 憤怒 /愤怒 (great anger; an instance of this) · mi ngana (great anger; an instance of this) · ur غَیظ (great anger; an instance of this) · sh гне̑в (great anger; an instance of this) · ur غَضَب (great anger; an instance of this) · ur قَہْر (great anger; an instance of this) · ang wracu (great anger; an instance of this) · ko 성 (great anger; an instance of this) · tg ғазаб (great anger; an instance of this) · scn còliri (great anger; an instance of this) · pt fúria (great anger; an instance of this)