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wrathy

UK/ˈɹɒθi/

wrathy adjective: feeling wrath; very angry, furious.

Adjective

wrathy (comparative wrathier, superlative wrathiest)

  1. (US) Feeling wrath; very angry, furious.
    • When I got there, the old lady appeared to be mighty wrathy; and when I broached the subject, she looked at me as savage as a meat axe.1834, David Crockett, A Narrative of the Life of, Nebraska, published 1987, page 64
    • Sometimes the wrathy owner of the missing horses undertook to recover them himself.1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 307

Forms of wrathy

comparativewrathier
superlativewrathiest

Origin of wrathy

From wrath + -y; first attested in 1828. Compare Middle English wrothy.

Words formed from wrathy

Questions about wrathy

What does wrathy mean?
Wrathy means feeling wrath; very angry, furious.
What part of speech is wrathy?
Wrathy is an adjective.
How do you pronounce wrathy?
Wrathy is pronounced /ˈɹɒθi/ (UK).

Words near wrathy in the dictionary

  1. wrathlessness
  2. wrathlike
  3. wraths
  4. wrathsome
  5. Wrathung
  6. wrathy
  7. Wratten
  8. Wratten number
  9. Wratten numbers
  10. Wrawby
  11. wrawl

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