Meaning & use

wroth

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feeling or showing great anger; wrathful.

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The king grew wroth when he learned of the betrayal.

She was wroth at the injustice of the verdict.

A note on using this word

A literary and archaic word, rarely used in everyday modern speech but still found in older literature, poetry, and historical fiction.

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furiousirate

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Words with an opposite meaning

calmpleased

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