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Synonyms for wrath

Most common

anger rage fury ire

All synonyms

Noun

1. Ire — great anger; (countable) an instance of this

ire, fury, anger, rage, indignation, displeasure, resentment, spleen, dander, dudgeon, choler

Adjective

wrathful, wroth formal dated

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    Great anger; (countable) an instance of this.

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

Related words

Word family
wrathful

Forms

Plural
wraths → furies, angers, rages, indignations…

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Wrath and ire (the last poetical) express the feelings of one who is bitterly provoked.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Example sentences

  • anger Susan broke the dish on purpose to show her anger.
  • rage My father flew into a rage when he found that out.
  • fury It was time for the Numidians to vent their fury.
  • ire Máire married the man who got first prize.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
wrathrising
angerrising
ragerising
furyrising
iresteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
ire1
4 letters
rage1, fury2
5 letters
anger2, wroth
6 letters
spleen1, dander, choler
7 letters
dudgeon2
8 letters
wrathful
10 letters
resentment3
11 letters
indignation4, displeasure3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (fury2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
courroux
Italiano
ira
Deutsch
Zorn
Català
ira