Wrath \Wrath\ (?; 277), n. [OE. wrathe, wra[thorn][thorn]e,
wrethe, wr[ae][eth][eth]e, AS. wr[=ae][eth][eth]o, fr.
wr[=a][eth] wroth; akin to Icel. rei[eth]i wrath. See
Wroth, a.]
1. Violent anger; vehement exasperation; indignation; rage;
fury; ire.
Wrath is a fire, and jealousy a weed. --Spenser.
When the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased.
--Esther ii.
1.
Now smoking and frothing Its tumult and wrath in.
--Southey.
2. The effects of anger or indignation; the just punishment
of an offense or a crime. ``A revenger to execute wrath
upon him that doeth evil.'' --Rom. xiii. 4.
Syn: Anger; fury; rage; ire; vengeance; indignation;
resentment; passion. See Anger.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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