noun · uncountable · rare

wrath

гнів, злість

гнев, злость, злоба, возмездие

Ärger, Wut, Zorn, Vergeltung

Great anger; an instance of thisGreat anger; (countable) an instance of this.

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UK/ɹɒθ/US/ɹæθ/

» He could not contain his wrath.

Он не мог сдержать гнев. — marafon

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Meaning

3 senses

(formal, uncountable, usually)Great anger; (countable) an instance of this.
Homer relates an episode in the Trojan War that reveals the tragic consequences of the wrath of Achilles.
Ärger, Ingrimm, Wut
гневgnev, зло́баzlóba, злостьzlostʹ
гнівhniv, злістьzlistʹ
(uncountable, usually)Punishment, retribution, or vengeance resulting from anger; (countable) an instance of this.
the wrath of God
Vergeltung
возме́здиеvozmézdije
(obsolete, uncountable, usually)Great ardour or passion.

More definitions

belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins)
intense anger (usually on an epic scale)

Examples

32 sentences

He could not contain his wrath.
ruОн не мог сдержать гнев. — marafon
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You'd better not take my wrath.
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Sami turned his wrath on his stepkids.
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No one is safe from my wrath.
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Bring on the wrath of the gods.
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

great anger; an instance of this:

Русский

By meaning 2

great anger; an instance of this:

punishment, retribution, or vengeance resulting from anger; an instance of this.:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

great anger; an instance of this:

punishment, retribution, or vengeance resulting from anger; an instance of this.:

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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