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wroth
What does wroth mean?
wroth (adjective): vehemently incensed and condemnatory.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use wroth in a sentence?
- But wroth as he was, a short struggle ended in reconciliation. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce wroth?
/ɹɔθ/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does wroth come from?
From Middle English wroth, wrooth, from Old English wrāþ, from Proto-Germanic *wraiþaz (“cruel”), from Proto-Indo-European *wreyt- (“to turn”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “wroth” mean?
vehemently incensed and condemnatory
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lacking sufficient water or rainfall
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