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wroth.

Full of anger; wrathful.

5 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ɹəʊθ/Received-Pronunciation/ɹɒθ//ɹɔθ/General-American/ɹɑθ/cot-caught-merger
  1. Full of anger; wrathful.

    archaic · formal
Where this word comes from

From Middle English wroth, wrooth, from Old English wrāþ, from Proto-Germanic *wraiþaz (“cruel”), from Proto-Indo-European *wreyt- (“to turn”). Akin to Saterland Frisian wreed (“haughty; proud”), Old Saxon wrēd (“evil”) (Dutch wreed (“cruel”)), Old High German reid (“cruel”), Old Norse reiðr (“angry”) (Danish vred, Swedish vred).

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