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wrathing

wrathing is the present participle and gerund of wrath.

Meaning of wrath

Verb

wrath (third-person singular simple present wraths, present participle wrathing, simple past and past participle wrathed)

  1. (Early, Modern, obsolete, transitive) To anger (someone); to enrage.
    • [R]emembre howe by thy cursed synnes thou haste offended and wrathed thy lorde god.[1506?], Jacobus van Gruitroede, translated by [Margaret Beaufort], The Mirroure of Golde for the Synfull Soule, London: […] Richarde Pynson, →OCLC, folio 12, verso
  2. (Early, Modern, obsolete, transitive) To become angry with (someone).
  3. (Early, Modern, intransitive, obsolete) To become angry.
    • "Nay, wrath thee not, Will," said Ganlesse; "and speak no words in haste, lest you may have cause to repent at leisure.[…]"1822, [Walter Scott], chapter X, in Peveril of the Peak. […], volume II, Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC, page 267

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Questions about wrathing

What is wrathing the present participle and gerund of?
Wrathing is the present participle and gerund of wrath.

Words near wrathing in the dictionary

  1. wrathfulness
  2. wrathier
  3. wrathiest
  4. wrathily
  5. wrathiness
  6. wrathing
  7. wrathless
  8. wrathlessness
  9. wrathlike
  10. wraths
  11. wrathsome

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