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wrathy, a. orig. (and chiefly) U.S.
(ˈrɒθɪ, ˈrɔːθɪ, U.S. ˈrɑːθɪ)
[f. wrath n. + -y1. Cf. wrothy a.]
1. Of persons: Feeling, or inclined to, wrath; wrathful, very angry, incensed.
1828J. F. Cooper Red Rover viii, You are wrathy, friend, without reason. 1828Webster, Wrathy, very angry; a colloquial word. 1833[S. Smith] Lett. J. Downing viii. (1835) 66 When things don't go right, and the Gineral gits a little wrathy. 1859Trollope West Indies (1860) xiii. 198 They are wrathy men, and have rough sides to their tongues. 1887H. W. Daly S. Australia 307 The wrathy owner of the missing horses.
absol.1902C. G. Harper Holyhead Road II. 185 But the habitations of wrathy and peaceable are alike overthrown.
b. Marked or characterized by, expressing or evincing, deep anger or indignation.
1873R. Broughton Nancy II. 112 A wrathy red light has come into his deep eyes. 1890Big Game N. Amer. 352 He was in a decidedly wrathy mood. 1897H. G. Wells Certain Matters (1898) 131 Coming back to wrathy swearing,..I am sorry to see it decay.
2. transf. Of the elements, etc.: Fierce, violent, tempestuous.
1872Talmage Serm. 100 The shrill blast of the wrathiest tempest that ever blackened the sky or shook the ocean. 1876R. Broughton Joan i. xxxi, The wrathy, masterful, winter sea.
Hence ˈwrathily adv., wrathfully. U.S.
1847Webster. 1879G. W. Cable Old Creole Days (1883) 235 The negro begged; the master wrathily insisted. |