Wroth

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Wroth \Wroth\, a. [OE. wroth, wrap, AS. wr[=a][eth] wroth,
     crooked, bad; akin to wr[imac][eth]an to writhe, and to OS.
     wr[=e][eth]angry, D. wreed cruel, OHG. reid twisted, Icel.
     rei[eth]r angry, Dan. & Sw. vred. See {Writhe}, and cf.
     {Wrath}.]
     Full of wrath; angry; incensed; much exasperated; wrathful.


     "Wroth to see his kingdom fail." --Milton.
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           Revel and truth as in a low degree,
           They be full wroth [i. e., at enmity] all day.
                                                    --Chaucer.
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           Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell. --Gen.
                                                    iv. 5.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  wroth
       adj : vehemently incensed and condemnatory; "they trembled before
             the wrathful queen"; "but wroth as he was, a short
             struggle ended in reconciliation" [syn: {wrathful}, {wrothful}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  21 Moby Thesaurus words for "wroth":
     angered, angry, browned-off, cross, heated, incensed, indignant,
     irate, ireful, livid, mad, pissed, pissed-off, riled up, sore,
     ticked off, waxy, worked up, wrathful, wrathy, wrought-up