Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wrathful

/ˈɹæθfəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.21 in modern English

Syllables: wrath-ful
IPA: /ˈɹæθfəl/

17

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Possessed of great wrath; very angry.

Etymology

Etymology tree Old English wrǣþþu Middle English wratthe Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós Proto-Germanic *fullaz Proto-Germanic *-fullaz Old English -ful Middle English -ful Middle English wrattheful English wrathful Inherited from Middle English wrattheful, wrathful; by surface analysis, wrath + ful.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: wrattheful

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈɹæθfəl/
British English: /ˈɹɒθfəl/

Inflected Forms

more wrathful (comparative) most wrathful (superlative)

Derived Forms

wrathfully wrathfulness

Synonyms

wrath wroth black wrothful

Antonyms

unwrathful

Questions

How do you pronounce wrathful?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɹæθfəl/.
What does wrathful mean?: Possessed of great wrath; very angry.
Where does wrathful come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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