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wrathful

[rath-fuhl, rahth-, rawth-] / ˈræθ fəl, ˈrɑθ-, ˈrɔθ- /


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Nathan Lane was in a tight race with John Lithgow, who won for his ruthlessly uncompromising portrayal of a wrathful and dyspeptic Roald Dahl in Mark Rosenblatt’s “Giant.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

A few scenes later, when Aang demands to be released so he can save the Northern Water Tribe, Bumi becomes wrathful.

From Salon • Feb. 28, 2024

But Paige’s tragedy is that, for all her reforming zeal, she’s too wrathful to write the future.

From New York Times • Jun. 22, 2023

This is the embodiment of what linguistics professor George Lakoff called “the wrathful god.”

From Seattle Times • Aug. 1, 2022

He had wrathful thoughts about the police who had arrested him, the jailors who kept him here, the system that allowed this.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers




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