wrath
To anger; to enrageTo anger (someone); to enrage.
» He could not contain his wrath.
Он не мог сдержать гнев. — marafon
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3 senses(Early, Modern, obsolete, transitive)To anger (someone); to enrage.
(Early, Modern, obsolete, transitive)To become angry with (someone).
(Early, Modern, intransitive, obsolete)To become angry.
Examples
32 sentencesHe could not contain his wrath.
ruОн не мог сдержать гнев. — marafon
You'd better not take my wrath.
Sami turned his wrath on his stepkids.
No one is safe from my wrath.
Bring on the wrath of the gods.
Origin
The noun is derived from Middle English wratthe (“anger, hostility, distress retribution”)The noun is derived from Middle English wratthe (“anger, hostility, distress retribution”) [and other forms], from Old English wrǣþþu (“ire, wrath”) [and other forms], from Proto-West Germanic *wraiþiþu (“anger, fury, wrath”), from *wraiþ (“angry, furious, wroth; hostile, violent; bent, twisted”) (from Proto-Germanic *wraiþaz (“angry, furious, wroth; hostile, violent; bent, twisted”), from Proto-Indo-European *wreyt- (“to twist”)) + *-iþu (suffix forming abstract nouns). Effectively analysable as wroth + -th (abstract nominal suffix); compare Dutch wreedte.
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Forms
wraths, wrathing, wrathed, wrathedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle