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Wrath vs Wrathy - What's the difference?

wrath | wrathy |

As adjectives the difference between wrath and wrathy

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

As a noun wrath

is great anger.

As a verb wrath

is (obsolete) to anger; to enrage.

wrath

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • Great anger.
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  • (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)

    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.