1
: strong vengeful anger or indignation
2
: retributory punishment for an offense or a crime : divine chastisement
Synonyms
Examples of wrath in a Sentence
Noun
That winter it rained in Los Angeles for three months straight, as if I had brought with me a terrible wrath that somehow agitated the atmosphere, releasing a flood of rain.
—
Patrick Moore, Tweaked, 2006
… Reagan raised the bar for every political performer who followed. A president or presidential candidate now had to be smooth or suffer the wrath of the press.
—Neal Gabler, Life: The Movie, 1998
More Wrath than Terror, has seized me. I am very mad.
—John Adams 26 Apr. 1777,
in The Book of Abigail and John, 1975
the wrath of the gods
waited until my initial wrath had eased before voicing my complaint
Adjective
… Take heed the Queen come not within his sight; / For Oberon is passing fell and wrath …
—William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream, 1596
Patrick Moore, Tweaked, 2006
… Reagan raised the bar for every political performer who followed. A president or presidential candidate now had to be smooth or suffer the wrath of the press.
—Neal Gabler, Life: The Movie, 1998
More Wrath than Terror, has seized me. I am very mad.
—John Adams 26 Apr. 1777,
in The Book of Abigail and John, 1975
the wrath of the gods
waited until my initial wrath had eased before voicing my complaint
Adjective
… Take heed the Queen come not within his sight; / For Oberon is passing fell and wrath …
—William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream, 1596
Recent Examples on the WebEssence, 8 Apr. 2024
Congress will have a limited set of choices: Allow all the popular tax breaks to expire and risk the wrath of voters.
—David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2024
To ancient civilizations, an eclipse was seen as a dark omen that often signified the wrath of their gods.
—Elissaveta M. Brandon, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Apr. 2024
In the second act, the wrath of the Lloronas, the ghostly spirits of women scorned, take their revenge.
—Marcia Luttrell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Mar. 2024
Like Khan, Sharif is no stranger to the military establishment’s wrath and legal cases, which prematurely ended his past three terms as prime minister.
—Kyra Colah, Fox News, 8 Feb. 2024
No surface is clear, no cabinet is safe from the wrath of this woman.
—Bon Appétit Contributor, Bon Appétit, 22 Mar. 2024
Targeted by the cops His frequent stops in Detroit finally brought the wrath of Detroit police.
—Michael Jackman, Detroit Free Press, 9 Mar. 2024
Even so, there was no law compelling police departments to release them on their own, and by and large these agencies played it safe rather than incur the wrath of overlapping city personnel protections and potential claims of officer rights violations.
—Robert Salonga, The Mercury News, 9 Mar. 2024
Noun
At the same time, professional stylists are feeling the wrath of the new grass wall stylists.
—Essence, 8 Apr. 2024
Congress will have a limited set of choices: Allow all the popular tax breaks to expire and risk the wrath of voters.
—David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2024
To ancient civilizations, an eclipse was seen as a dark omen that often signified the wrath of their gods.
—Elissaveta M. Brandon, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Apr. 2024
In the second act, the wrath of the Lloronas, the ghostly spirits of women scorned, take their revenge.
—Marcia Luttrell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Mar. 2024
Like Khan, Sharif is no stranger to the military establishment’s wrath and legal cases, which prematurely ended his past three terms as prime minister.
—Kyra Colah, Fox News, 8 Feb. 2024
No surface is clear, no cabinet is safe from the wrath of this woman.
—Bon Appétit Contributor, Bon Appétit, 22 Mar. 2024
Targeted by the cops His frequent stops in Detroit finally brought the wrath of Detroit police.
—Michael Jackman, Detroit Free Press, 9 Mar. 2024
Even so, there was no law compelling police departments to release them on their own, and by and large these agencies played it safe rather than incur the wrath of overlapping city personnel protections and potential claims of officer rights violations.
—Robert Salonga, The Mercury News, 9 Mar. 2024
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“Wrath.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wrath. Accessed 20 Apr. 2024.
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