• (RP) IPA: /ɹɒθ/, /ɹɔːθ/
• (GA) IPA: /ɹæθ/
• (New Zealand) IPA: /ɹæθ/, /ɹɔθ/

wrath (uncountable)

1. (formal or old-fashioned) Great anger.

   Synonyms: fury, ire

   Homer relates an episode in the Trojan War that reveals the tragic consequences of the wrath of Achilles.

   • 1700, [John] Dryden, “Palamon and Arcite: Or, The Knight’s Tale. In Three Books.”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, […], OCLC 228732415 ↗, book I, page 17 ↗:

     For when he knew his Rival freed and gone, / He ſwells with Wrath; he makes outrageous Moan: / He frets, he fumes, he ſtares, he ſtamps the Ground; / The hollow Tow'r with Clamours rings around: {{...}

2. (rare) Punishment.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981 ↗, Romans 13:4 ↗:

     A revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.

• French: fureur, courroux, ire, colère
• German: Zorn, Wut
• Italian: furore, collera, ira
• Portuguese: cólera, ira
• Russian: гнев
• Spanish: cólera, ira

• French: courroux
• German: Vergeltung
• Russian: возме́здие
• Spanish: castigo

wrath

1. (rare) Wrathful; very angry.

wrath (wraths, present participle wrathing; past and past participle wrathed)

1. (obsolete) To anger; to enrage.