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WRATH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins)
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("wrath" is a kind of...):
deadly sin; mortal sin (an unpardonable sin entailing a total loss of grace)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Intense anger (usually on an epic scale)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Hypernyms ("wrath" is a kind of...):
fury; madness; rage (a feeling of intense anger)
Context examples:
“YOU love him? You?” she cried, with her clenched hand, quivering as if it only wanted a weapon to stab the object of her wrath.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
To us they were a class apart, to be hinted at rather than named, with the wrath of the Almighty hanging over them like a thundercloud.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
He has a gentle voice and a quiet manner, but behind his twinkling blue eyes there lurks a capacity for furious wrath and implacable resolution, the more dangerous because they are held in leash.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The man turned a face upon him which was lion-like in its strength and in its wrath.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
At such moments I felt strangely alone with God, alone with him and watching the chaos of his wrath.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
The other glared at him in sudden wrath.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
Never did I imagine such wrath and fury, even to the demons of the pit.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
At the same time, I observed, around both of them, splashes of dark blood upon the planks and began to feel sure that they had killed each other in their drunken wrath.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
"Oh! You drive me mad!" She sprang to her feet, wringing her hands in impotent wrath. "You never used to be this way."
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
There he lay for the remainder of the weary night, nursing his wrath and wounded pride.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
