wroth Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite vehemently incensed and condemnatory
    wrathful; wrothful.
    • they trembled before the wrathful queen
    • but wroth as he was, a short struggle ended in reconciliation

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Wroth adjective
Etymology
OE. wroth, wrap, AS. wra&edh; wroth, crooked, bad; akin to wri&edh;an to writhe, and to OS. wre&edh;angry, D. wreed cruel, OHG. reid twisted, Icel. rei&edh;r angry, Dan. & Sw. vred. See Writhe, and cf. Wrath.
Definitions
  1. Full of wrath; angry; incensed; much exasperated; wrathful. "Wroth to see his kingdom fail." Milton.
    Revel and truth as in a low degree, They be full wroth [i. e., at enmity] all day. Chaucer.
    Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell. Gen. iv. 5.

Webster 1913