as in angry
feeling or showing anger
in a wrathful voice she demanded to know what had happened
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Recent Examples of wrathful
Some look sad, some look funny, some even look wrathful.
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Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 4 Feb. 2025
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Brynn (Kaitlyn Dever) is satisfied with living a solitary life in her childhood home, until her residence is intruded by wrathful extraterrestrials.
—Lia Beck, People.com, 25 Oct. 2024
Neither director Alex Proyas nor screenwriters David J. Schow and John Shirley skimp on the visual or narrative accoutrements needed to make this film feel alternately melancholy and wrathful.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2024
When and how to use the military power of a fractious coalition to protect a band of rebels from a wrathful, erratic dictator?
—Richard A. Falkenrath, Foreign Affairs, 5 May 2011
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Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 4 Feb. 2025
Watch No Exit on Hulu 22 of 30 No One Will Save You
Brynn (Kaitlyn Dever) is satisfied with living a solitary life in her childhood home, until her residence is intruded by wrathful extraterrestrials.
—Lia Beck, People.com, 25 Oct. 2024
Neither director Alex Proyas nor screenwriters David J. Schow and John Shirley skimp on the visual or narrative accoutrements needed to make this film feel alternately melancholy and wrathful.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2024
When and how to use the military power of a fractious coalition to protect a band of rebels from a wrathful, erratic dictator?
—Richard A. Falkenrath, Foreign Affairs, 5 May 2011
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wrathful
Adjective
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Arisu crawls onto a mound of rubble for momentary relief, and is met with an angry Banda.—
Kayti Burt,
Time,
26 Sep. 2025
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According to police, Cooksey opened the door with blood on his hands and became angry and demanding.—
Miguel Torres,
AZCentral.com,
25 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Colts fans lashed out at the Indianapolis team, as well, and The Cincinnati Enquirer ran an indignant letter to the editor demanding an apology from the Bengals owner for failing to recognize Kirk and pledging to boycott until then.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
16 Sep. 2025
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The YouTuber Andrew Callaghan has been documenting off-kilter American politics since before the 2020 election, but the recent interview on his Channel 5 web show with an indignant Hunter Biden caught wide attention.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
18 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Mistaken as the murderer, Mary is stoned and buried alive in a shallow grave by the enraged townspeople.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
17 Sep. 2025
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The defense attorney, Michael Caesar, told jurors that Bragg became enraged after Gladney outed him as a gay man, and sought revenge.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
16 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Is Hinako mad, or is the world around her mad?—
Vincent Acovino,
NPR,
22 Sep. 2025
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Many teammates were rightfully mad.—
Eli Thompson,
Rolling Stone,
20 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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In India, social media erupted with responses that ran the gamut from outraged to panicked and accusatory.—
Sankalp Phartiyal,
Fortune,
22 Sep. 2025
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The one benefit to how transparent this all is is that everyone is rightfully outraged — not just the people who love Kimmel.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
19 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Soon, the faces of the angered New York City citizens around her soften.—
Angelica Jade Bastién,
Vulture,
15 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Substack’s leaderboard filled with anti-Trump voices furious over the silencing of the mainstream media.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
22 Sep. 2025
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Hong Kong — The sight of a multi-colored fireworks exploding in the foothills of the Himalayas has sparked a furious environmental backlash, prompting a local government investigation in China and forcing global outdoor apparel brand Arc’teryx to issue an apology.—
Chris Lau,
CNN Money,
22 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Bits of the ceramic plate from his ballistic vest were lodged into his chest.—
Claire Harbage,
NPR,
23 Sep. 2025
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The attack highlighted the limits of Qatar’s Patriot missile batteries, which are designed to intercept aircraft and cruise missiles but not ballistic weapons traveling at several times the speed of sound through the upper atmosphere.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Wrathful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wrathful. Accessed 27 Sep. 2025.
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