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wrathful

wrath·ful
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [rath-fuh l, rahth- or, esp. British, rawth-]
    • /ˈræθ fəl, ˈrɑθ- or, esp. British, ˈrɔθ-/
    • /rɒθ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [rath-fuh l, rahth- or, esp. British, rawth-]
    • /ˈræθ fəl, ˈrɑθ- or, esp. British, ˈrɔθ-/

Definitions of wrathful word

  • adjective wrathful very angry; ireful; full of wrath: They trembled before the wrathful queen. 1
  • adjective wrathful characterized by or showing wrath: wrathful words. 1
  • noun wrathful Full of or characterized by intense anger. 1
  • adjective wrathful full of wrath; raging or furious 0
  • adjective wrathful resulting from or expressing wrath 0
  • adjective wrathful full of wrath; intensely angry 0

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Origin of wrathful

First appearance:

before 1250
One of the 11% oldest English words
Middle English word dating back to 1250-1300; See origin at wrath, -ful

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Parts of speech for Wrathful

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

wrathful popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 55% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

Synonyms for wrathful

adjective wrathful

  • furious — full of fury, violent passion, or rage; extremely angry; enraged: He was furious about the accident.
  • angry — When you are angry, you feel strong dislike or impatience about something.
  • irate — angry; enraged: an irate customer.
  • enraged — Very angry; furious.
  • fuming — Often, fumes. any smokelike or vaporous exhalation from matter or substances, especially of an odorous or harmful nature: tobacco fumes; noxious fumes of carbon monoxide.

Antonyms for wrathful

adjective wrathful

  • happy — delighted, pleased, or glad, as over a particular thing: to be happy to see a person.
  • pleased — (used as a polite addition to requests, commands, etc.) if you would be so obliging; kindly: Please come here. Will you please turn the radio off?

Top questions with wrathful

  • what does wrathful mean?

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