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The meaning of WRATH is strong vengeful anger or indignation. How to use wrath in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Wrath.
noun [ U ] formal or old-fashioned uk / rɒθ / us / rɑːθ / Add to word list. extreme anger: The people feared the wrath of God. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Anger and displeasure. acrimony. anger. animus. annoyance. bad feeling. flap. get the hump idiom. gorge. grit your teeth idiom. grudge. hard feelings idiom.
wrath in British English. (rɒθ ) noun. 1. angry, violent, or stern indignation. 2. divine vengeance or retribution. 3. archaic. a fit of anger or an act resulting from anger.
wrath noun. Meaning & use. 1. Vehement or violent anger; intense exasperation or resentment; deep indignation: 1.a. Old English–. In the phrases for, †o, †on, of, with (†mid), or esp. in wrath. OE. [Jesus] ymb-sceawde hia mið wræððo..cueð to ðæm menn, aðen hond ðin. Lindisfarne Gospels Mark iii. 5. c1175.
Wrath is great anger that expresses itself in a desire to punish someone: Noah saw the flood as a sign of the wrath of God. Wrath is also used figuratively of things that behave in a violent way: Earthquakes are the wrath of the sea.
Definition of wrath noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. stern or fierce anger; deep indignation; ire. 2. vengeance or punishment as the consequence of anger.
