n.

1. Forceful, often vindictive anger. See synonyms at anger.
2. 1. Punishment or vengeance as a manifestation of anger.
   2. Divine retribution for sin.

adj. Archaic.

Wrathful.

[Middle English, from Old English wrǣththu, from wrāth, angry.]

noun

Violent or unrestrained anger: furor, fury, irateness, ire, rage, wrathfulness. See feelings.

n

Definition: extreme anger
Antonyms: happiness, love

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A cynical view of the world by Ambrose Bierce

n.

Anger of a superior quality and degree, appropriate to exalted characters and momentous occasions; as, "the wrath of God," "the day of wrath," etc. Amongst the ancients the wrath of kings was deemed sacred, for it could usually command the agency of some god for its fit manifestation, as could also that of a priest. The Greeks before Troy were so harried by Apollo that they jumped out of the frying-pan of the wrath of Cryses into the fire of the wrath of Achilles, though Agamemnon, the sole offender, was neither fried nor roasted. A similar noted immunity was that of David when he incurred the wrath of Yahveh by numbering his people, seventy thousand of whom paid the penalty with their lives. God is now Love, and a director of the census performs his work without apprehension of disaster.

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IN BRIEF: Intense anger (usually on an epic scale).

Dogs display reluctance and wrath If you try to give them a bath. — Ogden Nash (1902-1971).

Dansk (Danish)
n. - vrede, forbitrelse
adj. - vred, forbitret

Nederlands (Dutch)
toorn, wraak

Français (French)
n. - courroux (littér), colère
adj. - courroucé (arch)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Zorn, Vergeltung
adj. - zornig

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - οργή, θυμός

Italiano (Italian)
ira

Português (Portuguese)
n. - ira (f), castigo (m)

Русский (Russian)
гнев, ярость, гневный, разгневанный, угрожающий, зловещий

Español (Spanish)
n. - ira, cólera, furia
adj. - muy irascible, violento, turbulento

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - vrede

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
愤怒, 猛烈的力量, 激怒, 愤怒的

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 憤怒, 猛烈的力量, 激怒
adj. - 憤怒的

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 격노, 복수, (자연 현상 등의) 혹독
adj. - 격노한

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ラス岬

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) غضب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮זעם, חימה, חרון-אף‬
adj. - ‮זועם (מיושן)‬

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