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- [rawth, roth or, esp. British, rohth]
- /rɔθ, rɒθ or, esp. British, roʊθ/
- /rəʊθ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [rawth, roth or, esp. British, rohth]
- /rɔθ, rɒθ or, esp. British, roʊθ/
Definitions of wroth word
- adjective wroth angry; wrathful (usually used predicatively): He was wroth to see the damage to his home. 1
- adjective wroth stormy; violent; turbulent: the wroth sea. 1
- noun wroth Angry. 1
- adjective wroth angry; irate 0
- adjective wroth angry; wrathful; incensed 0
- adjective wroth Full of anger; wrathful. 0
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Origin of wroth
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English; Old English wrāth; cognate with Dutch wreed cruel, Old Norse reithr angry; akin to writhe
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Parts of speech for Wroth
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
wroth popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 74% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the 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 wroth
adjective wroth
- angry — When you are angry, you feel strong dislike or impatience about something.
- annoyed — If you are annoyed, you are fairly angry about something.
- enraged — Very angry; furious.
- exasperated — Simple past tense and past participle of exasperate.
- furious — full of fury, violent passion, or rage; extremely angry; enraged: He was furious about the accident.
Antonyms for wroth
adjective wroth
- cheerful — Someone who is cheerful is happy and shows this in their behaviour.
- 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?
- calm — A calm person does not show or feel any worry, anger, or excitement.
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