wroth[adjective]Synonyms: angry, heated, irate, ireful, mad, waxy, wrathful, wrathy, wrothful, wrothy
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wroth adjective & noun.
[rǝʊƟ, rɒƟ] arch.[Old English wrāÞ = Old Frisian wrēth, Old Saxon wreÞ (Dutch wreed cruel), Old High German reid, Old Norse reiðr, from Germanic base also of WRITHE verb. Cf. WRATH noun, adjective.]A. adjective.
1. Of a person: stirred to intense anger or indignation; wrathful, incensed, irate. Also foll. by
against, at, to, with.
OE.■ Wordsworth Some..Waxed wroth and with foul claws..On Bard and Hero clamorously fell.b. transf. Of the wind, sea, etc.: stirred up, stormy.
ME.2. Of words, action, etc.: characterized by or indicative of wrath or indignation.
OE-M17.3. Fierce, savage, violent.
OE-E16.4. Bad, evil; grievous, perverse.
OE-LME.B. noun. Wrath, fury; anger.
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