wrothful

Thân thiện

The king's wrothful expression made the courtiers bow their heads.

Definition

Adjective: 1. Full of wrath; intensely angry: Describes a state of extreme, often righteous, anger and indignation. * The wrothful king ordered the traitor's immediate arrest. * Her wrothful response silenced the entire room.

Usage

"Wrothful" is a literary and somewhat archaic synonym for "wrathful." It is used to describe a person, their demeanor, or their actions when they are filled with intense, deep-seated anger, often of a noble or justified character. It is more formal and dramatic than simply saying "angry."

Examples

• The prophet delivered a wrothful warning to the sinful city.
• He was wrothful at the betrayal of his closest allies.
• A wrothful silence fell over the council as they heard the news.

Advanced Usage

• The word often implies that the anger is justified by a grave offense or injustice.
• It can be used to describe deities or powerful figures in myth, literature, or historical narrative to emphasize their formidable anger.
  • In the epic, the gods grew wrothful at the hubris of mortals.

Variants and Related Words

• Wroth (adj.): An older form meaning angry, often used in the phrase "wax wroth" (to become angry). It is the root of "wrothful."
  • He waxed wroth at the suggestion.
• Wrath (n.): The noun form meaning intense anger.
  • He feared the wrath of his father.
• Wrathful (adj.): The more common modern synonym for "wrothful."
  • a wrathful deity

Synonyms

• Furious
• Irate
• Incensed
• Infuriated
• Irefull (archaic)

Antonyms

• Calm
• Pleased
• Pacific
• Content

Related Idioms

• To be wroth with someone: To be angry with someone (archaic/formal).
  • The master was wroth with his servant.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. vehemently incensed and condemnatory
   • they trembled before the wrathful queen
   • but wroth as he was, a short struggle ended in reconciliation

Từ đồng nghĩa

• wrathful
• wroth