wrath

v. t. To anger; to enrage; -- also used impersonally. [ Obs. ] “I will not wrathen him.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

If him wratheth, be ywar and his way shun. Piers Plowman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. wrathe, wraþþe, wrethe, wræððe, AS. wr&aemacr_;ððo, fr. wrāð wroth; akin to Icel. reiði wrath. See Wroth, a. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Violent anger; vehement exasperation; indignation; rage; fury; ire. [ 1913 Webster ]

Wrath is a fire, and jealousy a weed. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

When the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased. Esther ii. 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

Now smoking and frothing
Its tumult and wrath in. Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Anger; fury; rage; ire; vengeance; indignation; resentment; passion. See Anger. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. See Wroth. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Full of wrath; very angry; greatly incensed; ireful; passionate; as, a wrathful man. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Springing from, or expressing, wrath; as, a wrathful countenance. “Wrathful passions.” Sprat. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Furious; raging; indignant; resentful. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Wrath"ful*ly, adv. -- Wrath"ful*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a wrathy manner; very angrily; wrathfully. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]