as in angry
feeling or showing anger
I've been waxing wroth all afternoon!
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Adjective
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Consumers are angry about high prices, but few realize just how little profit many of the small and medium-sized food industry producers and independent restaurants who make and sell them their meals actually make.—
Rovshan Rasulov,
Forbes,
11 Mar. 2025 -
Accept Your Child's Anger When your child has an angry outburst, acknowledge it.—
Miriam Foley,
Parents,
11 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Tendrils of hypocrisy appear in 2025 over baseball’s continuing ban of Rose as sports leagues including MLB climb into bed with betting sportsbooks and reap millions from them, while simultaneously acting all aghast and indignant that a player of theirs might dip a toe in gambling.—
Greg Cote,
Miami Herald,
5 Mar. 2025
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The album’s a masterpiece of circulatory funk that works your body but whose indignant resignation and few hopeful embers also break your heart.—
Wesley Morris,
New York Times,
13 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Then Sterling did some less effective things and got suspended anyway, so that mad idea was, at least, parked for the time being.—
Amy Lawrence,
The Athletic,
13 Mar. 2025
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Staff Pick: The mad scramble for backyard eggs Naeema Fineley's backyard chicken coop in Georgia.—
Elizabeth Robinson,
NBC News,
13 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The Tigers finally got some momentum and cut the lead to two with a furious rally and had a chance to take the lead after Louisville was called for a shot clock violation.—
Ryan Morik,
Fox News,
15 Mar. 2025
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Despite a furious rally in the last 17 minutes of the second half, the Terps (25-8) were left out of the Big Ten Tournament final for the third time, joining close calls in 2015 and 2016 when those squads were both bounced by Michigan State — 62-58 in 2015 and 64-61 in 2016.—
Edward Lee,
Baltimore Sun,
15 Mar. 2025
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This one, made from ballistic nylon, has a zippered entry to a padded laptop compartment, a padded mesh back panel, a key leash, plus pen holders and tons of other organizational features.—
Alesandra Dubin,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Mar. 2025
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Russia has been launching waves of ballistic and cruise missiles towards Ukraine on regular basis, and been striking cities, energy infrastructure and civilian targets weekly.—
Ivana Kottasová,
CNN,
5 Mar. 2025
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“Wroth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wroth. Accessed 21 Mar. 2025.
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