wrathful

[ rath-fuhl, rahth-or, especially British, rawth- ]

adjective

1. very angry; ireful; full of wrath:

   They trembled before the wrathful queen.

   Synonyms: furious, irate

2. characterized by or showing wrath:

   wrathful words.

wrathful

/ ˈrɒθfʊl /

adjective

1. full of wrath; raging or furious
2. resulting from or expressing wrath

Derived Forms

• ˈwrathfully, adverb
• ˈwrathfulness, noun

Other Words From

• wrathful·ly adverb
• wrathful·ness noun
• un·wrathful adjective
• un·wrathful·ly adverb
• un·wrathful·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of wrathful¹

Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; wrath, -ful

Example Sentences

The term appears in the Bible typically describing wrathful and furious destruction.

From Nautilus

But the punishment for those non-traditionalists who want to go ahead and have a female religious leader is fairly wrathful.

From The Daily Beast

A wrathful market, like a wrathful god, keeps moral order in the universe.

From The Daily Beast

War begun by the spirit of wrathful revenge is hard to stop, or even alter.

From The Daily Beast

It changed all the benevolence of her nature into wrathful bitterness and unmitigated contempt.

From Project Gutenberg

Cold words freeze people, and hot words scorch them, and bitter words make them bitter, and wrathful words make them wrathful.

From Project Gutenberg

An always wrathful God would repel His worshipers, or cast them into despair.

From Project Gutenberg

Her brilliant wrathful eyes turned to the Earl's colourless face.

From Project Gutenberg

Maid,” says I, now in wrathful amazement forgetting her afflicted state, “is you lost your senses?

From Project Gutenberg