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wrathful

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɹɒθfəl/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈɹæθfəl/

1

adj

Meaning 1

Possessed of great wrath; very angry.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: unwrathful

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

vehemently incensed and condemnatory

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • they trembled before the wrathful queen
  • but wroth as he was, a short struggle ended in reconciliation

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: wroth, wrothful

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Old English wrǣþþu Middle English wratthe Proto-Indo-European *pleh1- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h1nós Proto-Germanic *fullaz Proto-Germanic *-fullaz Old English -ful Middle English -ful Middle English wrattheful English wrathful Inherited from Middle English wrattheful, wrathful; by surface analysis, wrath + ful.

Across languages

Translations

18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: гневен (gneven) — possessed of great wrath
  • Bulgarian: разгневен (razgneven) — possessed of great wrath
  • French: courroucé — possessed of great wrath
  • Georgian: მრისხანე (mrisxane) — possessed of great wrath
  • Georgian: შმაგი (šmagi) — possessed of great wrath
  • German: zornig — possessed of great wrath
  • German: erzürnt — possessed of great wrath
  • Manx: corree — possessed of great wrath
  • Manx: jymmoosagh — possessed of great wrath
  • Manx: fargagh — possessed of great wrath
  • Middle English: wroth — possessed of great wrath
  • Middle English: wrattheful — possessed of great wrath
  • Norwegian: olm — possessed of great wrath
  • Polish: gniewny — possessed of great wrath
  • Russian: гне́вный (gnévnyj) — possessed of great wrath
  • Russian: разгне́ванный (razgnévannyj) — possessed of great wrath
  • Russian: рассе́рженный (rasséržennyj) — possessed of great wrath
  • Spanish: furioso — possessed of great wrath