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Webster 1913 Edition
Wrath
Wrath
(?; 277)
, Noun.
[OE. ]
wrathe
, wraþþe
, wrethe
, wræððe
, AS. wrǣððo
, fr. wrāð
wroth; akin to Icel. reiði
wrath. See Wroth
, Adj.
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
Its tumult and
wrath
in. Southey.
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.
Syn. – Anger; fury; rage; ire; vengeance; indignation; resentment; passion. See
Anger
. Wrath
,Verb.
T.
To anger; to enrage; – also used impersonally.
[Obs.]
“I will not wrathen him.” Chaucer.
If him
wratheth
, be ywar and his way shun. Piers Plowman.
Webster 1828 Edition
Wrath
WRATH
,Noun.
1.
Violent anger; vehement exasperation; indignation; as the wrath of Achilles.When the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased--Esther 2.
O Lord--in wrath remember mercy. Habakkuk 3.
2.
The effects of anger. Proverbs 27.3.
The just punishment of an offense or crime. Romans 8.Gods wrath, in Scripture, is his holy and just indignation against sin. Romans 1.