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Wrathful vs Wrathy - What's the difference?

wrathful | wrathy |

As adjectives the difference between wrathful and wrathy

is that wrathful is possessed of great wrath; very angry while wrathy is (us) feeling wrath; very angry, furious.

wrathful

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Possessed of great wrath; very angry.

    • wrathy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (US) Feeling wrath; very angry, furious.
  • *1834 , (David Crockett), A Narrative of the Life of , Nebraska 1987, p. 64:
  • *: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.
  • *2012 , (PZ Myers), (Reason Rally) speech, 24 Mar 2012:
    • There is a sin that is my favorite. It's one I indulge in several times a day. I kinda like — I really kinda like — wrath. And I am feeling wrathy today.