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wroth

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The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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; ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
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 ]

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Old English wrað "angry" (literally "tormented, twisted"), from Proto-Germanic *wraith- (cognates: Old Frisian wreth "evil," Old Saxon wred , Middle Dutch wret , Dutch wreed "cruel," Old High German reid , Old Norse reiðr "angry, offended"), from PIE *wreit- ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Full of anger; wrathful.

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Wroth is a surname, and may refer to: Henry Wroth , an English royalist soldier John Wroth , any of several people of that name Krysty Wroth a fictional character Lawrence C. Wroth (1884 – 1970) an American historian Lady Mary Wroth (1587–1651/3) an English ...

Usage examples of wroth.

They know Papa was wroth with them for playing this game, how afeard he was that two of them might appear at once in the same place together, and bom be slain!

They that are bitten of a wood hound have in their sleep dreadful sights, and are fearful, astonied, and wroth without cause.

Venice with her child, that the Signoria be not wroth with the Ca' Giustiniani, and for me to seek and care for her--mayhap, if heaven be merciful, to bring her to thee again!

Wroth scanned the area with narrowed eyes then clasped Myst to him to trace them away.

They were sisters and Wroth saw their faces as though familiar and knew their names and who they were as well as Myst did.

Wroth raised an eyebrow, vowing that Myst would never see these malicious creatures again.

But the sentinel that protected Myst from threats like Ivo kept Wroth from her as well.

If she let Telemachos leave Ithaka, with the gods so wroth against the Achaian kings, she would never see her son again.

But, while men admire and reverence a sweet and simple feminine soul-- and love her in plays and between the covers of a book and when she is talking highfaluting abstractions of morality--and wax wroth with any other man who ignores or neglects her--they do not in their own persons become infatuated with her.

Partridge now waxed wroth: he called the poor cripple by several vile and opprobrious names, and was absolutely proceeding to beat him, but Jones would not suffer any such thing: and now, telling the fellow he would certainly find some opportunity of serving him, Mr.

John Macnab was veritably in the forest, and at the thought he grew both nervous and wroth.

Now I will tell thee of my thought, since we be at point of sundering, though thou take it amiss and be wroth with me: to wit, that thou wouldst have lost the love of this lady as time wore, even had she not been slain: and she being, if no fay, yet wiser than other women, and foreseeing, knew that so it would be.

Captain Arsen be most wroth at the continued lack of resolve of the old sachem, Squash Woman, and the council that sitteth with her, here.

Seraphim and the Cherubim were most wroth, and they gathered unto them all the angels that were men, and the white mists that tell of the truths that are within men and within women, be they angels or mortals.

And the Seraphim and the Cherubim were most wroth, and they gathered unto them all the angels that were men, and the white mists that tell of the truths that are within men and within women, be they angels or mortals.