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wroth

wroth

1 9.9
Being very angry and blaming someone for what they did
  • adjective
  • /roʊθ/
  • Archaic
translation icon : ira
  • --because he was wroth.

Examples

  • The king was wroth when he discovered the treachery of his closest advisor.

  • The old man was wroth, declaring that the brother was vile and unworthy to wear the habit of a monk for admitting such thoughts into his mind.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • And the Lord God sat before the Door of Forms without a key and was wroth.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • That's what his life is wroth.

  • "...because he was wroth.

  • Nehemiah 4:1-3, "But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews."

    Blog text (18)
  • The teacher became wroth with the students for not completing their assignments.

  • After the betrayal, she felt wroth and could hardly contain her anger.

Synonyms

wrathful
vswroth
  • Literature
4 7.3

Full of very strong anger that shows on the face or in actions

is intense anger presented in older or more condemnatory language
wrothful
vswroth
  • Archaic
9.9

Very angry and showing strong disapproval

is intense anger used in older language with a blaming tone

Antonyms

735 1.0

Not showing strong feelings and being very still

428 1.0

Calm and quiet, without noise or trouble

How Angry

enraged
4.1
wroth
  • Archaic
1 9.9
furious
238 3.0
angry
1.0
annoyed
77 1.0

Surface Forms

wroth positive

Etymology

Wroth comes from an old English word that meant 'angry' and shares its root with wrath, which means 'deep anger'. So, wroth means being full of 'wrath' or very angry, though the word is now old-fashioned.