How do you use the word "wrath" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "wrath" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "wrath": All the king's subjects, fearing his wrath, often acted quite servile. My wrath shall far exceed the love I ever bore.

Wrath Meaning

/ɹɒθ/

Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounGreat anger; (countable) an instance of this.

nounPunishment, retribution, or vengeance resulting from anger; (countable) an instance of this.

Sentence Examples

All the king's subjects, fearing his wrath, often acted quite servile.

My wrath shall far exceed the love I ever bore.

She had incurred the wrath of her father by marrying without his consent.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

anger

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

The ancient mythical god's ____ was so great that he destroyed the entire city.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

In the ancient legends, the people feared the ____ of the gods, who were said to be several very powerful today.

Word Origin & History

The noun is derived from Middle English wratthe (“anger, hostility, distress retribution”) [and other forms], from Old English wrǣþþu (“ire, wrath”) [and other forms], from Proto-West Germanic *wraiþiþu (“anger, fury, wrath”), from *wraiþ (“angry, furious, wroth; hostile, violent; bent, twisted”) (from Proto-Germanic *wraiþaz (“angry, furious, wroth; hostile, violent; bent, twisted”), from Proto-Indo-European *wreyt- (“to twist”)) + *-iþu (suffix forming abstract nouns). Effectively analysable as wroth + -th (abstract nominal suffix); compare Dutch wreedte. The verb is derived from Middle English wratthen (“to be or become angry, to rage; to quarrel; to cause wrath, offend; to become troubled or vexed; to cause grief or harm, grieve, vex”) [and other forms], from wratthe, wretthe (noun) (see above) + -en (suffix forming the infinitive of verbs).

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"Let all bitternes, fearſnes and wrath, rorynge and curſyd ſpeakynge, be put awaye from you, with all maliciouſnes." — 1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Ephesians iiij:[31], folios cclvij, recto – cclvij, verso:

"Thou barrein ground, whome winters wrath hath waſted, Art made a myrrhour, to behold my plight: […]" — 1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “Ianuarye. Ægloga Prima.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Hugh Singleton, […], →OCLC, folio 1, verso:

"I tel you true my hart is ſwolne with wrath, On this ſame theeuiſh villain Tamburlain." — c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene ii, signature B2, verso:

"[H]im ſo far had borne his light-foot ſteede, Pricked vvith vvrath and fiery fierce diſdaine, That him to follovv vvas but fruitleſſe paine; […]" — 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 8, page 21:

"VVho (in my vvrath) Kneel'd and^([sic – meaning at]) my feet, and bid me be aduis'd?" — c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i], page 183, column 1:

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