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Definition of wrathful in English: wrathfuladjective ˈrɔːθfʊlˈrɒθfʊlˈrɔːθf(ə)lˈrɒθf(ə)lˈræθfəl literary Full of or characterized by intense anger. 〈诗/文〉愤怒的，愤慨的 natural calamities seemed to be the work of a wrathful deity 自然灾害似乎是愤怒的神灵所为。 Example sentencesExamples - Ander had the sneaking suspicion that terrible things were happening to his grade in her class, but at least he didn't have to worry about taking report cards home to wrathful parents.
- I walked a sad tightrope between trying to impress cooler kids through imitation and my mortal terror of wrathful authority figures.
- As she slowly gathered her wits, she could feel the familiar burning of wrathful anger building up within her.
- These exchanges are routine, and don't distract Krista from trying to breach an ideological gap with a car full of wrathful seniors.
- Bodhisattvas are portrayed as both benevolent godlike figures and wrathful deities.
Synonyms angry, irate, raging, enraged, incensed, infuriated, furious, choleric, fuming, ranting, raving, seething, frenzied, in a frenzy, beside oneself, indignant, outraged, vexed, in high dudgeon, exasperated, in a temper, irritated, provoked, piqued, cross, displeased bad-tempered, hot-tempered, ill-humoured, irascible informal mad, wild, livid, boiling, spare, aerated, hot under the collar, on the warpath, up in arms, with all guns blazing, foaming at the mouth, seeing red, steamed up, fit to be tied North American informal sore literary ireful
Derivativesadverbˈrɒθfəliˈræθfəli literary Picking up the receiver wrathfully, I muttered a monotonous ‘hello’. Example sentencesExamples - Jen said nothing, but glared at him wrathfully.
- My emotions manage to squeeze a few tears past the imposed strictures of my society, but most of my grief only pounds wrathfully against generations of parents telling sons that ‘big boys don't cry.’
- He desperately looked over at the two girls for help, and found that, amazingly, they were both still fighting wrathfully.
- She knelt down so she was level with Allison's face and glared wrathfully into Allison's eyes.
nounˈrɒθfəlnəs literary Karen King points out that Mary's ‘spiritual maturity’ is contrasted sharply with the impulsiveness and wrathfulness of Peter. Example sentencesExamples - Consequently, wrathfulness, horror, and repugnance as such are elicited by the events of the film.
- I am writing to you anyway, despite your having a reputation for a certain flavour of wrathfulness.
- Their aspect of wrathfulness is often interpreted as a form of great energy usable for many purposes.
- Jackson was a fascinating mixture of contrasts: eccentricity and excellence, ambition and humility, restlessness and repose, wrathfulness and righteousness.
Definition of wrathful in US English: wrathfuladjectiveˈraTHfəlˈræθfəl literary Full of or characterized by intense anger. 〈诗/文〉愤怒的，愤慨的 natural calamities seemed to be the work of a wrathful deity 自然灾害似乎是愤怒的神灵所为。 Example sentencesExamples - As she slowly gathered her wits, she could feel the familiar burning of wrathful anger building up within her.
- Bodhisattvas are portrayed as both benevolent godlike figures and wrathful deities.
- I walked a sad tightrope between trying to impress cooler kids through imitation and my mortal terror of wrathful authority figures.
- Ander had the sneaking suspicion that terrible things were happening to his grade in her class, but at least he didn't have to worry about taking report cards home to wrathful parents.
- These exchanges are routine, and don't distract Krista from trying to breach an ideological gap with a car full of wrathful seniors.
Synonyms angry, irate, raging, enraged, incensed, infuriated, furious, choleric, fuming, ranting, raving, seething, frenzied, in a frenzy, beside oneself, indignant, outraged, vexed, in high dudgeon, exasperated, in a temper, irritated, provoked, piqued, cross, displeased
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