Antonyms for wrath
ræθ, rɑθ; esp. Brit. rɔθwrath

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1. wrathnoun

   Wrathful; very angry.

   Homer relates an episode in the Trojan War that reveals the tragic consequences of the wrath of Achilles.

   Synonyms:
   fury, ire

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1. wrath

   Displeasure is the mildest and most general word. Choler and ire, now rare except in poetic or highly rhetorical language, denote a still, and the latter a persistent, anger. Temper used alone in the sense of anger is colloquial, tho we may correctly say a hot temper, a fiery temper, etc. Passion, tho a word of far wider application, may, in the singular, be employed to denote anger; "did put me in a towering passion," Shakespeare Hamlet act v, sc. 2. Anger is violent and vindictive emotion, which is sharp, sudden, and, like all violent passions, necessarily brief. Resentment (a feeling back or feeling over again) is persistent, the bitter brooding over injuries. Exasperation, a roughening, is a hot, superficial intensity of anger, demanding instant expression. Rage drives one beyond the bounds of prudence or discretion; fury is stronger yet, and sweeps one away into uncontrollable violence. Anger is personal and usually selfish, aroused by real or supposed wrong to oneself, and directed specifically and intensely against the person who is viewed as blameworthy. Indignation is impersonal and unselfish displeasure at unworthy acts (Latin indigna), i. e., at wrong as wrong. Pure indignation is not followed by regret, and needs no repentance; it is also more self-controlled than anger. Anger is commonly a sin; indignation is often a duty. Wrath is deep and perhaps vengeful displeasure, as when the people of Nazareth were "filled with wrath" at the plain words of Jesus (Luke iv, 28); it may, however, simply express the culmination of righteous indignation without malice in a pure being; as, the wrath of God. Impatience, fretfulness, irritation, peevishness, pettishness, petulance, and vexation express the slighter forms of anger. Irritation, petulance, and vexation are temporary and for immediate cause. Fretfulness, pettishness, and peevishness are chronic states finding in any petty matter an occasion for their exercise. Compare ACRIMONY; ENMITY; HATRED.

   Antonyms:
   amiability, charity, forbearance, gentleness, leniency, lenity, long-suffering, love, mildness, patience, peace, peaceableness, peacefulness, self-control, self-restraint

   Synonyms:
   anger, animosity, choler, displeasure, exasperation, fretfulness, fury, impatience, indignation, ire, irritation, offense, passion, peevishness, pettishness, petulance, rage, resentment, temper, vexation

   Preposition:
   Anger at the insult prompted the reply. Anger toward the offender exaggerates the offense.

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1. wrath

   Antonyms:
   gratification, approval, delight, appeasement, pacification, reconciliation, compassion, leniency, mercy

   Synonyms:
   ire, passion, rage, fury, anger, exasperation, indignation, resentment

Matched Categories

1. • Fury
   • Mortal Sin

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1. wrathnoun

   intense anger (usually on an epic scale)

   Synonyms:
   anger, ire, ira

2. wrath, anger, ire, iranoun

   belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins)

   Synonyms:
   angriness, individual retirement account, choler, anger, ire, ira

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1. wrathnoun

   Synonyms:
   anger

How to use wrath in a sentence?

1. Kahlil Gibran:

   In battling evil, excess is good for he who is moderate in announcing the truth is presenting half-truth. He conceals the other half out of fear of the people's wrath.

2. Bobby Ghosh:

   It was almost inevitable that this (the severing of diplomatic relations) would follow, especially since the response from Iran, completely expectedly, was full of rage, and Iran's supreme leader essentially summoned the wrath of God against Saudi Arabia.

3. Kim Davis:

   I would have to either make a decision to stand or I would have to buckle down and leave, and if I left, resigned or chose to retire, I would have no voice for God’s word. So when that day came, she issued an edict : No more marriage licenses would be issued in Rowan County. It was a decision that would bring down the wrath of militant LGBT activists and their supporters.

4. Jerry Falwell:

   Homosexuality is Satan's diabolical attack upon the family that will not only have a corrupting influence upon our next generation, but it will also bring down the wrath of God upon America.

5. Dave Chappelle:

   What are Dave Chappelle signifying that Dave Chappelle can kneel on a man's neck for 8 minutes and 46 seconds and feel like Dave Chappelle wouldn't get the wrath of God ? that's what is happening right now. It's not for a single cop, it's for all of it.

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