Meanings
adjectivewrathful (comparative more wrathful, superlative most wrathful)
comparative more wrathful · superlative most wrathful
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
- Old Englishwrǣþþu
- Middle Englishwratthe
- Proto-Indo-European*pleh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*pl̥h₁nós
- Proto-Germanic*fullaz
- Middle Englishwrattheful
- Englishwrathful
Inherited from Middle English wrattheful, wrathful; by surface analysis, wrath + ful.
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Bulgarian гневен, разгневен
- гневен (gneven)possessed of great wrath
- разгневен (razgneven)possessed of great wrath
French courroucé
- courroucépossessed of great wrath
German zornig, erzürnt
- zornigpossessed of great wrath
- erzürntpossessed of great wrath
Norwegian olm
- olmpossessed of great wrath
Polish gniewny
- gniewnypossessed of great wrath
Russian гне́вный, разгне́ванный
- гне́вный (gnévnyj)possessed of great wrath
- разгне́ванный (razgnévannyj)possessed of great wrath
- рассе́рженный (rasséržennyj)possessed of great wrath
Spanish furioso
- furiosopossessed of great wrath
Cite this entry
APA
wrathful. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wrathful
MLA
“wrathful.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wrathful. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wrathful,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wrathful.
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