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wroth


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Wroth  \Wroth\,  a.  [OE.  wroth,  wrap,  AS  wr[=a][eth]  wroth, 
  crooked,  bad  akin  to  wr[=i][eth]an  to  writhe,  and  to  OS 
  wr[=e][eth]angry,  D.  wreed  cruel,  OHG.  reid  twisted,  Icel. 
  rei[eth]r  angry,  Dan.  &  Sw  vred.  See  {Writhe},  and  cf 
  {Wrath}.] 
  Full  of  wrath;  angry;  incensed;  much  exasperated;  wrathful. 
  ``Wroth  to  see  his  kingdom  fail.''  --Milton. 
 
  Revel  and  truth  as  in  a  low  degree,  They  be  full  wroth 
  [i.  e.,  at  enmity]  all  day  --Chaucer. 
 
  Cain  was  very  wroth,  and  his  countenance  fell.  --Gen. 
  iv  5. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  wroth 
  adj  :  vehemently  incensed  and  condemnatory;  "they  trembled  before 
  the  wrathful  queen";  "but  wroth  as  he  was  a  short 
  struggle  ended  in  reconciliation"  [syn:  {wrathful},  {wrothful}] 




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