wrathy

adj

wrathy

adj

UK /ˈɹɒθi/

Etymology From wrath + -y; first attested in 1828. Compare Middle English wrothy.

1

US Feeling wrath; very angry, furious.

  • 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.1834, David Crockett, A Narrative of the Life of, Nebraska, published 1987, page 64:
  • Sometimes the wrathy owner of the missing horses undertook to recover them himself.1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 307:
1 more example
  • 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.2012, PZ Myers, Reason Rally speech, 24 Mar 2012

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