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wrathful

[rath-fuhl, rahth-, rawth-] / ˈræθ fəl, ˈrɑθ-, ˈrɔθ- /


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A few scenes later, when Aang demands to be released so he can save the Northern Water Tribe, Bumi becomes wrathful.

From Salon • Feb. 28, 2024

But Paige’s tragedy is that, for all her reforming zeal, she’s too wrathful to write the future.

From New York Times • Jun. 22, 2023

This is the embodiment of what linguistics professor George Lakoff called “the wrathful god.”

From Seattle Times • Aug. 1, 2022

While Alonso de Santos is none too convincing when Segismundo turns wrathful or virtuous, the actor does ace moments of pathos, when the prince huddles twitchily in his jail cell, fidgeting with his chains.

From Washington Post • Sep. 15, 2019

And she, she knew today that door: a living, wrathful gate.

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin




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