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Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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}.

Wrath \Wrath\, a.
   See {Wroth}. [Obs.]

Wrath \Wrath\, v. t.
   To anger; to enrage; -- also used impersonally. [Obs.] ``I
   will not wrathen him.'' --Chaucer.

         If him wratheth, be ywar and his way shun. --Piers
                                                  Plowman.

Source : WordNet®

wrath
     n 1: intense anger (usually on an epic scale)
     2: belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong
        (personified as one of the deadly sins) [syn: {anger}, {ire},
         {ira}]
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