wroth

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wroth

The king was wroth when he heard the news.

Definition

Adjective: - Angry, wrathful: Feeling or showing intense anger; irate. This is a literary or somewhat archaic term for being in a state of great displeasure or indignation.

Usage

The word "wroth" is used to describe a person who is deeply angered, often to the point of being formidable. It is primarily found in literary, biblical, or historical contexts and is less common in everyday modern speech.

Examples
Advanced Usage
  • To wax wroth: To become angry. This is a fixed literary phrase.
    • Upon hearing the false report, the general began to wax wroth.
Variants and Related Words
  • Wrath (noun): Extreme anger.
    • The poem speaks of the gods' wrath.
  • Wrathful (adjective): Full of wrath; intensely angry.
    • She gave him a wrathful glare.
Synonyms
  • Irate
  • Incensed
  • Furious
  • Infuriated
Idioms
  • Wax wroth: To grow angry.
    • The council waxed wroth at the proposal.
wroth

The king was wroth when he heard the news.

Adjective
  1. vehemently incensed and condemnatory
    • they trembled before the wrathful queen
    • but wroth as he was, a short struggle ended in reconciliation

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