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Wrath vs Glee - What's the difference?

wrath | glee |

As nouns the difference between wrath and glee

is that wrath is great anger while glee is (uncountable) joy; merriment; mirth; gaiety; particularly, the mirth enjoyed at a feast.

As an adjective wrath

is (rare) wrathful; very angry.

As a verb wrath

is (obsolete) to anger; to enrage.

wrath

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • Great anger.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)
    • , chapter=5, title= A Cuckoo in the Nest , passage=The most rapid and most seductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite.
  • (rare) Punishment.
  • * Bible, (w) xiii. 4
    • A revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.
  • (trading card games, slang) A single card that is able to destroy many creatures.

    • Synonyms

    * (great anger) fury, ire

    Derived terms

    * grapes of wrath * wrathful

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (rare) Wrathful; very angry.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To anger; to enrage.
  • * (Chaucer)
  • * (Piers Plowman)
    • (Webster 1913)

    glee

    English

    Noun

  • (uncountable) Joy; merriment; mirth; gaiety; particularly, the mirth enjoyed at a feast.
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  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-29, volume=407, issue=8842, page=55, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Travels and travails , passage=Even without hovering drones, a lurking assassin, a thumping score and a denouement, the real-life story of Edward Snowden, a rogue spy on the run, could be straight out of the cinema. But, as with Hollywood, the subplots and exotic locations may distract from the real message: America’s discomfort and its foes’ glee .}}
  • (uncountable) Music; minstrelsy; entertainment.
  • (music, countable) An unaccompanied part song for three or more solo voices, not necessarily merry.

    • Anagrams

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