\Wrath\ (?; 277), n. [OE. wrathe, wra[thorn][thorn]e,
wrethe, wr[ae][eth][eth]e, AS. wr[=ae][eth][eth]o, fr.
wr[=a][eth] wroth; akin to Icel. rei[eth]i wrath. See
{Wroth}, a.]
1. Violent anger; vehement exasperation; indignation; rage;
   fury; ire.
         Wrath is a fire, and jealousy a weed. --Spenser.
         When the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased.
                                               --Esther ii.
                                               1.
         Now smoking and frothing Its tumult and wrath in.
                                               --Southey.
2. The effects of anger or indignation; the just punishment
   of an offense or a crime. ``A revenger to execute wrath
   upon him that doeth evil.'' --Rom. xiii. 4.
Syn: Anger; fury; rage; ire; vengeance; indignation;
     resentment; passion. See {Anger}.

\Wrath\, a.
See {Wroth}. [Obs.]

\Wrath\, v. t.
To anger; to enrage; -- also used impersonally. [Obs.] ``I
will not wrathen him.'' --Chaucer.
      If him wratheth, be ywar and his way shun. --Piers
                                               Plowman.