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wroth

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.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ɹəʊθ/
  • /ɹɒθ/ UK, alternatively
  • homophone: wrath
  • General-American: /ɹɔθ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • cot-caught-merger: /ɹɑθ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -əʊθ
  • rhymes with -ɒθ

1

adj

Meaning 1

Full of anger; wrathful.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, formal

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: wrath

Antonyms: none provided

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: wrathful, wrothful

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English wroth, wrooth, from Old English wrāþ, from Proto-Germanic *wraiþaz (“cruel”), from Proto-Indo-European *wreyt- (“to turn”). Akin to Saterland Frisian wreed (“haughty; proud”), Old Saxon wrēd (“evil”) (Dutch wreed (“cruel”)), Old High German reid (“cruel”), Old Norse reiðr (“angry”) (Danish vred, Swedish vred).

Across languages

Translations

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: гневен (gneven) — full of anger
  • Bulgarian: разгневен (razgneven) — full of anger
  • Bulgarian: яден (jaden) — full of anger
  • Bulgarian: ядовит (jadovit) — full of anger
  • French: courroucé — full of anger
  • Galician: broco — full of anger
  • Galician: rabeco — full of anger
  • Galician: irado — full of anger
  • Galician: infenso — full of anger
  • Galician: carraxento — full of anger
  • Gaulish: rath — full of anger
  • German: erzürnt — full of anger
  • German: zornig — full of anger
  • Icelandic: reiður — full of anger
  • Japanese: 激怒した (gekido shita) — full of anger
  • Northern Kurdish: xezebî — full of anger
  • Northern Kurdish: bikerb — full of anger
  • Northern Kurdish: bikîn — full of anger
  • Northern Kurdish: binefret — full of anger
  • Polish: gniewny — full of anger
  • Russian: разгне́ванный (razgnévannyj) — full of anger
  • Russian: гне́вный (gnévnyj) — full of anger
  • Spanish: airado — full of anger
  • Spanish: colérico — full of anger
  • Spanish: torvo — full of anger
  • Swedish: vred — full of anger