wrathful
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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
That 1991 platform worried both Washington and many of the island’s voters, who then and now, have shunned any move toward formal independence, fearing a wrathful reaction from Beijing.
From New York Times • Jan. 12, 2024
A portrait of Fudo Myo-o, a Buddhist deity, is a product of the artist Myotaku’s devotional act of painting the wrathful figure every day for 20 years.
From Washington Post • Apr. 21, 2022
“My husband is often bad-tempered when he gets home, wrathful and grim of mind. He treats his guests badly,” the giantess warned them.
From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman
Vocabulary lists containing wrathful
Mad Infinitum: Synonyms for "Angry"
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To Kill a Mockingbird, Chapters 1–11
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