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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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