wrath : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: wrath	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for wrath
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wrath n intense anger (usually on an epic scale) belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins) Synonym(s): wrath, anger, ire, ira
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wrath \Wrath\ (?; 277), n. [OE. wrathe, wra[ed][ed]e, wrethe, wr[91][eb][eb]e, AS. wr[d6][eb][eb]o, fr. wr[be][eb] wroth; akin to Icel. rei[eb]i wrath. See {Wroth}, a.] 1. Violent anger; vehement exasperation; indignation; rage; fury; ire. Wrath is a fire, and jealousy a weed. --Spenser. When the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased. --Esther ii. 1. Now smoking and frothing Its tumult and wrath in. --Southey. 2. The effects of anger or indignation; the just punishment of an offense or a crime. [bd]A revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.[b8] --Rom. xiii. 4. Syn: Anger; fury; rage; ire; vengeance; indignation; resentment; passion. See {Anger}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wrath \Wrath\, a. See {Wroth}. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wrath \Wrath\, v. t. To anger; to enrage; -- also used impersonally. [Obs.] [bd]I will not wrathen him.[b8] --Chaucer. If him wratheth, be ywar and his way shun. --Piers Plowman.