wrath
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6.8
- noun
- /ræθ/
- Literature
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- Colossal Rome felt his wrath.
- the wrath of God
- incur the wrath
- risk the wrath
So she, you know, she deserves my wrath because she crossed that line.
- So she, you know, she deserves my wrath because she crossed that line.
- And then it says, a man of great wrath, pay the penalty.
- Let not the sun go down on your wrath is how Paul talks about it.
- Christ comes back at the end of time and he doesn't reserve his wrath for the sinners.
- For in this setting, left unfinished and abandoned by God in wrath, the birds do not sing.
- But then they know more often than not, they'll face their parents wrath in the car ride home.
- And when it gets depleted, what's left is wrath.
- The Varangians fight like Mad Men, as if ablaze with wrath.
- I know the Internet, and nobody deserves that kind of backlash or wrath.
- OK, The, and so they hear my wrath and the seminar and it's on YouTube.
Examples
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Is an earthquake an expression of God's wrath, a punishment for sin, or an apocalyptic warning?
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After the scandal, the CEO faced the wrath of the public and the media.
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Their wrath has found an object in the person of the queen.
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Others were left to face the wrath of the revolution.
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The wrath of heaven must be at hand.
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O God, is this your wrath, and, if so, what did he do to deserve it?
Academic text (1993) -
My promise is to bring the wrath of God upon those who threaten it.
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Yet humans certainly experience something that they describe as the wrath and forgiveness of God.
Academic text (1992) -
Christ comes back at the end of time and he doesn't reserve his wrath for the sinners.
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The Spaniards, who had made Rome their second home, feared the wrath of its inhabitants and departed.
Academic text (1994)
Synonyms
957
1.0
A very strong feeling of being upset or annoyed
393
3.4
A very strong feeling of anger you cannot control
152
3.7
A strong feeling of anger and shock about something unfair
98
4.6
Very strong anger that makes someone act violently or shout
22
7.9
Strong anger you feel when someone does something unfair
16
3.8
A very strong feeling of anger
A very strong anger caused by a real or imagined wrong, seen as a sin in religion
A very strong anger or violent force that shows in actions
A strong feeling of anger and impatience
A strong feeling of anger and impatience
A very strong angry feeling that makes someone act violently and destroy things
Antonyms
How Angry
Surface Forms
Etymology
Wrath comes from an old English word wræth meaning 'anger' or 'fierce', so imagine someone's face twisted by strong anger. So, wrath today means extreme anger, often with a wish for revenge.