wrath

Meanings

Noun

• Great anger.
• Punishment.

Adjective

• Wrathful; wroth; very angry.

Verb

• To anger; to enrage.

Origin

• From Middle English wraththe, wreththe, from Old English wrǣþþu ("wrath, fury"), from Proto-West Germanic *wraiþiþu ("wrath, fury"), equivalent to wroth + -th. Compare Dutch wreedte ("cruelty"), Danish vrede ("anger"), Swedish vrede ("wrath, anger, ire"), Icelandic reiði ("anger"). More at wroth.