wrath

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wrath / ra[unvoicedth]/ • n. extreme anger (chiefly used for humorous or rhetorical effect): he hid his pipe for fear of incurring his father's wrath.

wrath

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wrath OE. wrǣððu (whence ME. wraþþe, wreþþe; wrath from XIV), f. wrāð WROTH; see -TH1.

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