Wrathful
adjective
Very angry.
She was wrathful at her husband for forgetting their anniversary.
Often appears as...
- wrathful look
- wrathful response
adjective
Full of anger and aimed at punishment.
In the old texts, God is often portrayed as wrathful.
Often appears as...
- wrathful deity
- wrathful judgment
Usage tips
Religious
adjective
Very angry.
She was wrathful at her husband for forgetting their anniversary.
Often appears as...
- wrathful look
- wrathful response
adjective
Full of anger and aimed at punishment.
In the old texts, God is often portrayed as wrathful.
Often appears as...
- wrathful deity
- wrathful judgment
Usage tips
Religious
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Emotionally Charged
Use 'wrathful' to describe someone who is not just angry, but intensely so, with a strong emotional component.
After the betrayal, he was wrathful, unable to speak calmly.
Pro Tip 2/3Strong Disapproval
'Wrathful' implies a deep disapproval, not just a temporary irritation.
The judge's wrathful decision reflected her strong stance against the crime.
Pro Tip 3/3Intensity Matters
'Wrathful' is more intense than 'annoyed' or 'upset', showing a high level of anger.
Her wrathful glare was enough to silence the room.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotionally Charged
Use 'wrathful' to describe someone who is not just angry, but intensely so, with a strong emotional component.
After the betrayal, he was wrathful, unable to speak calmly.
Pro Tip 2/3Strong Disapproval
'Wrathful' implies a deep disapproval, not just a temporary irritation.
The judge's wrathful decision reflected her strong stance against the crime.
Pro Tip 3/3Intensity Matters
'Wrathful' is more intense than 'annoyed' or 'upset', showing a high level of anger.
Her wrathful glare was enough to silence the room.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotionally Charged
Use 'wrathful' to describe someone who is not just angry, but intensely so, with a strong emotional component.
After the betrayal, he was wrathful, unable to speak calmly.
Pro Tip 2/3Strong Disapproval
'Wrathful' implies a deep disapproval, not just a temporary irritation.
The judge's wrathful decision reflected her strong stance against the crime.
Pro Tip 3/3Intensity Matters
'Wrathful' is more intense than 'annoyed' or 'upset', showing a high level of anger.
Her wrathful glare was enough to silence the room.
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Video examples
What Does God Look Like...
God as a human figure is often aligned with a wrathful more authoritarian view of God and this picture of God may cause primitive parts of your brain to release stress inducing neuro chemicals changing your picture of God to something more abstract may in fact cause you to be more optimistic and faithful so
Video examples
Joan Halifax: Compassion...
I want to address the issue of compassion. Compassion has many faces. Some of them are fierce; some of them are wrathful; some of them are tender; some of them are wise.
Video examples
What Does God Look Like...
God as a human figure is often aligned with a wrathful more authoritarian view of God and this picture of God may cause primitive parts of your brain to release stress inducing neuro chemicals changing your picture of God to something more abstract may in fact cause you to be more optimistic and faithful so
Video examples
Joan Halifax: Compassion...
I want to address the issue of compassion. Compassion has many faces. Some of them are fierce; some of them are wrathful; some of them are tender; some of them are wise.
Example 1 of 2
Quote examples
Bill Viola
American Artist
The world is fine and everything is normal and then, bang, you just get bowled over by the wrathful deities somehow. That happens in very small ways and happens in very large ways when you have a major conflagration in the world. It's another cycle of existence of human beings.
Quote examples
Jakob Bohme
German Theologian
The holy angels live and qualify in the light, in the good quality wherein the Holy Ghost reigneth. The devils live and reign in the fierce wrathful quality, in the quality of fierceness and wrath, destruction or perdition.
Quote examples
Allen Ginsberg
American Poet
I have been wrathful all my life, angry against my father and all others. My wrath must end. All my images now are of heaven.
Quote examples
Bill Viola
American Artist
The world is fine and everything is normal and then, bang, you just get bowled over by the wrathful deities somehow. That happens in very small ways and happens in very large ways when you have a major conflagration in the world. It's another cycle of existence of human beings.
Quote examples
Jakob Bohme
German Theologian
The holy angels live and qualify in the light, in the good quality wherein the Holy Ghost reigneth. The devils live and reign in the fierce wrathful quality, in the quality of fierceness and wrath, destruction or perdition.
Quote examples
Allen Ginsberg
American Poet
I have been wrathful all my life, angry against my father and all others. My wrath must end. All my images now are of heaven.
Example 1 of 3
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