wrathful
/'rɔ:θful/
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Full of or characterized by intense anger; extremely angry: Describes a state of profound, often righteous or vengeful, fury.
- Vehemently incensed and condemnatory: Suggests anger that is expressed with strong moral disapproval and indignation.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- The manager was wrathful when he discovered the breach of protocol.
- In the myth, the gods were wrathful toward those who showed hubris.
- She gave him a wrathful glare that made him step back immediately.
Advanced Usage
- Literary and Formal Tone: "Wrathful" is more common in formal, literary, or rhetorical contexts than in everyday conversation. It often describes divine, royal, or epic anger.
- The prophet spoke of a wrathful deity.
- Often implies justified anger: The word can carry a connotation that the anger is a reaction to a serious wrong or injustice.
- The community's wrathful response to the corruption scandal was understandable.
Variants and Related Words
- Wrath (n): (Formal/Literary) Extreme anger.
- He feared the wrath of his father.
- Wroth (adj): (Archaic) Angry.
- He was wroth at the suggestion.
- Wrathfully (adv): In a wrathful manner.
- She stared wrathfully at the accused.
Synonyms
- Furious: Very angry.
- Irate: Characterized by great anger.
- Incensed: Very angry; enraged.
- Ireful: (Literary) Full of intense anger.
Antonyms
- Calm: Not showing or feeling nervousness, anger, or other strong emotions.
- Placated: Soothed, especially after being angry.
- Pleased: Feeling or showing pleasure and satisfaction.
Related Idioms and Phrases
- Face someone's wrath: To experience someone's extreme anger.
- He did not want to face his boss's wrath for being late again.
- Wrath of God: A phrase used to describe divine punishment or extreme, unavoidable misfortune.
- The storm hit with the force of the wrath of God.
Adjective
- vehemently incensed and condemnatory
- they trembled before the wrathful queen
- but wroth as he was, a short struggle ended in reconciliation