wroth : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: wroth	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wroth adj vehemently incensed and condemnatory; "they trembled before the wrathful queen"; "but wroth as he was, a short struggle ended in reconciliation" Synonym(s): wrathful, wroth, wrothful
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wroth \Wroth\, a. [OE. wroth, wrap, AS. wr[be][edh] wroth, crooked, bad; akin to wr[c6][edh]an to writhe, and to OS. wr[emac][edh]angry, D. wreed cruel, OHG. reid twisted, Icel. rei[edh]r angry, Dan. & Sw. vred. See {Writhe}, and cf. {Wrath}.] Full of wrath; angry; incensed; much exasperated; wrathful. [bd]Wroth to see his kingdom fail.[b8] --Milton. Revel and truth as in a low degree, They be full wroth [i. e., at enmity] all day. --Chaucer. Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell. --Gen. iv. 5.