ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsW–Zwrath
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wrath
Meaning: intense, often vengeful anger
wrath in a sentence
How wrath is used in real sentences:
The villagers feared the wrath of the storm that flattened the coastline.
When she discovered the broken vase, her mother's wrath echoed through the entire house for the rest of the evening.
“A trustee treated the revised graph as an affront, demanding its removal before donors saw what he called "institutional indecision." His wrath intensified when Ortiz refused; he threatened to cancel the opening and dismiss the entire design team.”
— from the passage The Archive in Wood
Synonyms for wrath
Other words for wrath — fury, rage and ire — carry the same meaning.
- fury
- rage
- ire
Antonyms of wrath
Words that mean the opposite of wrath:
- calm
- mercy
- forgiveness
Where it comes from
From Old English wræððu 'anger', related to 'wroth'
Memory hook
WRATH rhymes with 'math' — some people get as angry as failing a math test.