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Wroth

//ɹəʊθ// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Full of anger; wrathful. archaic, formal

    "But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell."

Adjective
  1. 1
    vehemently incensed and condemnatory wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English wroth, wrooth, from Old English wrāþ, from Proto-Germanic *wraiþaz (“cruel”), from Proto-Indo-European *wreyt- (“to turn”). Akin to Saterland Frisian wreed (“haughty; proud”), Old Saxon wrēd (“evil”) (Dutch wreed (“cruel”)), Old High German reid (“cruel”), Old Norse reiðr (“angry”) (Danish vred, Swedish vred).

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