Definition of Wrath

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Definition of Wrath

Wrath

Violent anger; vehement exasperation; indignation; rage; fury; ire.

The effects of anger or indignation; the just punishment of an offense or a crime.

See Wroth.

To anger; to enrage; -- also used impersonally.

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Wrath Quotations

I was angry with my friend: I told my wrath, my wrath did end. I was angry with my foe: I told it not, my wrath did grow.
William Blake

The tigers of wrath are wiser than the horses of instruction.
William Blake

In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage.
John Steinbeck

But the child's sob curses deeper in the silence than the strong man in his wrath!
Elizabeth Barrett Browning

There is little for the great part of the history of the world except the bitter tears of pity and the hot tears of wrath.
Woodrow Wilson

Is there not some chosen curse, some hidden thunder in the stores of heaven, red with uncommon wrath, to blast the man who owes his greatness to his country's ruin!
Joseph Addison

Throw away thy rod, throw away thy wrath; O my God, take the gentle path.
George Herbert

Although believers by nature, are far from God, and children of wrath, even as others, yet it is amazing to think how nigh they are brought to him again by the blood of Jesus Christ.
George Whitefield

Beware the wrath of a patient adversary.
John C. Calhoun

You could think of extraordinary examples to the contrary: The Grapes of Wrath... and even into the 70s.
Charlton Heston

Wrath Translations

wrath in French is emportement, ire
wrath in German is Zorn, Wut
wrath in Italian is furia
wrath in Latin is ira
wrath in Spanish is ira, furia
wrath in Swedish is vrede

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