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  1. 1. a. Violent anger; vehement exasperation; indignation; rage; fury; ire. Source: opted
  2. 2. a. The effects of anger or indignation; the just punishment of an offense or a crime. Source: opted
  3. 3. a. See Wroth. Source: opted
  4. 4. v. t. To anger; to enrage; -- also used impersonally. Source: opted
  5. 5. n. intense anger (usually on an epic scale) Source: wordnet
  6. 6. n. belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins) Source: wordnet
  7. 7. 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. "A revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil." Rom. xiii. 4. Syn. -- Anger; fury; rage; ire; vengeance; indignation; resentment; passion. See Anger. See Wroth. [Obs.] 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. Source: webster
  8. 8. See Wroth. [Obs.] Source: adambom
  9. 9. n:100 n. intense anger (usually on an epic scale) n. belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins) Source: ecdict

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