wrath
noun
1 wrath
Intense anger (usually on an epic scale).
Dutch: woede, gramschap, toorn
2 wrath
Belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins).
synonyms: anger, ira, ire.
Roget 900:
resentment,
displeasure,
animosity,
anger,
wrath,
indignation;
exasperation,
bitter resentment,
wrathful indignation.
pique,
umbrage,
huff,
miff,
soreness,
dudgeon,
acerbity,
virulence,
bitterness,
acrimony,
asperity,
spleen,
gall;
heart-burning,
heart-swelling;
rankling.
ill humor,
bad humor,
ill temper,
bad temper;
irascibility
etc.
901;
ill blood
etc.
(hate)
898;
revenge
etc.
919.
excitement,
irritation;
warmth,
bile,
choler,
ire,
fume,
pucker,
dander,
ferment,
ebullition;
towering passion,
acharnement [Fr.],
angry mood,
taking,
pet,
tiff,
passion,
fit,
tantrums.
burst,
explosion,
paroxysm,
storm,
rage,
fury,
desperation;
violence
etc.
173;
fire and fury;
vials of wrath;
gnashing of teeth,
hot blood,
high words.
scowl
etc.
895;
sulks
etc.
901.1.
[Cause of umbrage]
affront,
provocation,
offense;
indignity
etc.
(insult)
929;
grudge,
crow to pluck,
bone to pick,
sore subject,
casus belli [Lat.];
ill turn,
outrage.
Furies,
Eumenides.
buffet,
slap in the face,
box on the ear,
rap on the knuckles.
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adjective
Roget 900:
angry,
wrath,
irate;
ireful,
wrathful;
cross
etc.
(irascible)
901;
Achillean†;
sulky,
etc.
901.1;
bitter,
virulent;
acrimonious
etc.
(discourteous)
etc.
895;
violent
etc.
173.
warm,
burning;
boiling,
boiling over;
fuming,
raging;
foaming,
foaming at the mouth;
convulsed with rage.
offended
etc.
v.;
waxy,
acharne;
wrought,
worked up;
indignant,
hurt,
sore;
set against.
fierce,
wild,
rageful†,
furious,
mad with rage,
fiery,
infuriate,
rabid,
savage;
relentless
etc.
919.
flushed with anger,
flushed with rage;
in a huff,
in a stew,
in a fume,
in a pucker,
in a passion,
in a rage,
in a fury,
in a taking,
in a way;
on one's high ropes,
up in arms;
in high dudgeon.
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Moby thesaurus: a transient madness, acedia, acerbity, acrimony, anger, angriness, asperity, avarice, avaritia, deadly sin, enragement, envy, fury, gluttony, grapes of wrath, greed, gula, heat, indignation, infuriation, invidia, ira, irateness, ire, lust, luxuria, mad, offense, pride, rage, resentment, saeva indignatio, sloth, soreness, superbia, vials of wrath, wrathfulness ... show more.
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