wrath

noun

1. (formal, uncountable, usually)Great anger; (countable) an instance of this.

   “Homer relates an episode in the Trojan War that reveals the tragic consequences of the wrath of Achilles.”

   “Let all bitternes, fearſnes and wrath, rorynge and curſyd ſpeakynge, be put awaye from you, with all maliciouſnes.”

   “Thou barrein ground, whome winters wrath hath waſted, Art made a myrrhour, to behold my plight: […]”

   “I tel you true my hart is ſwolne with wrath, On this ſame theeuiſh villain Tamburlain.”

   “[H]im ſo far had borne his light-foot ſteede, Pricked vvith vvrath and fiery fierce diſdaine, That him to follovv vvas but fruitleſſe paine; […]”

2. (uncountable, usually)Punishment, retribution, or vengeance resulting from anger; (countable) an instance of this.

   “the wrath of God”

   “[…] I [i.e., God] gaue the [thee] a kinge in my wrath, and in my diſpleaſure will I take him from the agayne.”

   “[H]e is the miniſter of God, a reuenger to execute wrath vpon him that doeth euill.”

   “And though not mortall, yet a cold ſhuddring devv Dips me all o'e[r], as vvhen the vvrath of Iove Speaks thunder, and the chaines of Erebus To ſome of Saturns crevv.”

   “He to appeaſe thy wrauth, and end the ſtrife Of Mercy and Juſtice in thy face diſcern'd, Regardleſs of the Bliſs wherein hee ſat Second to thee, offerd himſelf to die For mans offence.”

3. (obsolete, uncountable, usually)Great ardour or passion.

   “[T]hey are in the verie vvrath of loue, and they vvill together. Clubbes cannot part them.”

   “[I]f you hold your life at any price, betake you to your gard: for your oppoſite hath in him vvhat youth, ſtrength, skill, and vvrath, can furniſh man vvithall.”

verb

1. (Early, Modern, obsolete, transitive)To anger (someone); to enrage.

   “[R]emembre howe by thy cursed synnes thou haste offended and wrathed thy lorde god.”

   “Of ire yͤ whiche is agayne god. […] A man wratheth hym ayenst god for many thynges, pryncypally for the flagellacions, aduersytees, fortunes, sykenesses, & mortalytees, losses, punycyons, famyne, warre & yll tyme.”

   “And than the byſſhop ſayd vnto the clerke⸝ thou haſt wrathed me⸝ but yf thou wylte be ſory thou ſhalte haue my loue as thou haddeſt before⸝ & I ſhall gyue the [i.e., thee] the benefyce yͭ I haue promyſed to gyue the⸝ ſholde not he be anone ſory of that I byleue that yes.”

2. (Early, Modern, obsolete, transitive)To become angry with (someone).
3. (Early, Modern, intransitive, obsolete)To become angry.

   “"Nay, wrath thee not, Will," said Ganlesse; "and speak no words in haste, lest you may have cause to repent at leisure.[…]"”

   “God is a righteous judge, strong and patient, and God wratheth every day.”

adj

1. (Early, Modern, archaic, obsolete)Synonym of wroth (“full of anger; wrathful”).

   “Take heede the Queene come not vvithin his ſight, For Oberon is paſſing fell and vvrath: Becauſe that ſhe, as her attendant, hath A louely boy ſtollen, from an Indian king: She neuer had ſo ſvveete a changeling.”

   “VVhereat the Prince full vvrath, his ſtrong right hand In full auengement heaued vp on hie, And ſtroke the Pagan vvith his ſteely brand So ſore, that to his ſaddle bovv thereby He bovved lovv, and ſo a vvhile did lie: […]”

   “And Pharao being a vvrath againſt them (for the one vvas chiefe of the cupbearers, the other chiefe baker) he ſent them into the priſon of the captaine of the ſouldiers, in the vvhich Ioſeph alſo vvas priſoner.”

   “Th' old Dragon underground In ſtraiter limits bound, Not half ſo far caſts his uſurped ſvvay, And vvrath to ſee his Kingdom fail, Svvindges the ſcaly Horrour of his foulded tail.”

   “Lovel, seldom angry, was violently wrath with his brother-in-law; and, almost always polite, was at breakfast scarcely civil to Lady Baker.”