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wrath

Meaning

An intense feeling of displeasure or hostility; great indignation.

Examples by difficulty

Basic: Simple, everyday vocabulary — the easiest to read.

His face turned red with wrath. He felt a huge wave of anger at the unfair decision. The injustice fueled his strong displeasure, a hot feeling boiling inside him.

The alien ambassador’s face contorted. His translator drone sputtered, but the message was clear: his prize galactic fungi had been trampled. A dangerous aura filled the room. The ambassador’s immense displeasure, his deep hostility, was a tangible thing, a wave of pure wrath.

The air thickened with the baker's wrath as he surveyed the cookie massacre. Tiny sugar mice, his prized creations, were scattered, gnawed remnants testifying to a squirrel's raid. His hands clenched, a burning wave of displeasure washing over him.

Sir Reginald's face turned a shade of purple normally reserved for bruised plums. He felt a deep wrath rise in his chest, a great indignation, because the butler had served him lukewarm tea. This was an outrage, a true insult to Reginald's refined palate.

Barnaby the badger, usually a sweet fellow, felt a hot surge of wrath when his prize-winning acorn was pilfered. He stomped his tiny feet, his whiskers twitching with great indignation, ready to confront the bushy-tailed bandit who dared to steal his nutty treasure.

Normal: Standard, everyday language.

The king, his face red and his fists clenched, felt a powerful wrath surge through him at the betrayal. His guards cowered, knowing his intense displeasure meant severe punishment for the traitor. He vowed vengeance for the insult.

The baker’s face tightened with a silent wrath as he discovered the rogue squirrel had pilfered his prize-winning almond croissant. His intense displeasure was a storm gathering over the normally cheerful shop, his hands clenching around his rolling pin.

The old hermit, usually so calm, felt a sudden surge of wrath when the careless hikers trampled his carefully cultivated moss garden, the very thing he’d protected for decades. His hands clenched, a fierce glare replacing his usual placid gaze.

Fido's wrath erupted when he discovered his favorite squeaky toy had been relocated to the top of the refrigerator. He let out a series of indignant barks, his tail thumping a furious rhythm against the floorboards, clearly expressing his intense displeasure at this egregious injustice.

Bartholomew, after discovering his prize-winning petunias had been used as target practice for a rogue flock of very enthusiastic pigeons, felt a profound wrath. He imagined the feathered fiends, their tiny chests puffed with avian arrogance, scattering his beloved blooms. The injustice of it all boiled within him, a tempest of horticultural fury.

Advanced: Richer vocabulary that stretches an upper-level reader.

He stood rigid, his jaw clenched, a storm brewing behind his eyes. The betrayal had ignited a fierce wrath, a burning displeasure he could barely contain as he faced the one who had wronged him so deeply.

The captain's face tightened, his knuckles white as he gripped the railing. He'd tolerated the navigator's persistent errors for weeks, but this latest miscalculation, leading them directly into the reef, ignited his absolute wrath. He wouldn't stand for such carelessness again.

The captain's face contorted. His men had ignored his explicit orders for the third time, gambling away precious provisions. A dangerous calm preceded his eruption, the sheer displeasure and hostility in his voice a tangible force. His voice rumbled with pure wrath.

Bartholomew, having discovered his prize-winning petunia had been gnawed into oblivion, felt a potent wave of wrath wash over him. His normally placid demeanor evaporated, replaced by a furious desire to confront the squirrel who dared commit such horticultural havoc.

Barnaby the badger, after discovering a single, rogue Brussels sprout in his meticulously curated truffle patch, felt a profound wrath. His tiny, bristly body quaked with an intense displeasure, his normally benevolent eyes blazing with great indignation at this culinary interloper.

Challenging: Rare, high-register vocabulary for serious word lovers.

The king's visage contorted with palpable wrath as he surveyed the ravaged village, a testament to the invaders' brutal subjugation. He would not stand idly by while his people endured such barbarity.

The elder artisan, observing the botched restoration of the cloisonné urn, felt a wave of profound displeasure. His hands, usually steady, trembled with a terrible indignation, a true wrath that threatened to shatter the delicate porcelain surrounding him.

The arbitrator's visage contorted; his pronouncements, usually measured, now dripped with palpable displeasure. He surveyed the egregious contractual omissions, his silence a prelude to the immense wrath that would undoubtedly follow such a flagrant dereliction of duty.

The disgruntled badger, its fur bristling with utter wrath over the egregious pilfering of its prize-winning petunias, began a fulminating, albeit somewhat ineffectual, denunciation. Its guttural growls, amplified by a potent admixture of indignation and existential despair, echoed through the usually placid meadow.

The pugilist's face, a tapestry of contusions, twisted into a grimace of pure wrath when the rogue pigeon pilfered his artisanal sourdough. Such profound indignation, a tempest of displeasure, simmered as he contemplated an elaborate revenge involving strategically placed anchovies and a mischievous squirrel posse.

Difficulty

Normal — Everyday words worth reinforcing.

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