wrathy

English

Etymology

From wrath +‎ -y.

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɹɒθi/

Adjective

wrathy (comparative wrathier, superlative wrathiest)

  1. (chiefly US) Feeling wrath; very angry, furious.
    • 1834, David Crockett, A Narrative of the Life of, Nebraska, published 1987, page 64:
      When I got there, the old lady appeared to be mighty wrathy; and when I broached the subject, she looked at me as savage as a meat axe.
    • 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 307:
      Sometimes the wrathy owner of the missing horses undertook to recover them himself.
    • 2012, PZ Myers, Reason Rally speech, 24 Mar 2012:
      There is a sin that is my favorite. It's one I indulge in several times a day. I kinda like — I really kinda like — wrath. And I am feeling wrathy today.
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