wrath

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ full, great

▪ divine, righteous

▪

They saw the floods as a sign of divine wrath.

VERB + WRATH

▪ arouse, bring, bring down, draw (esp. AmE), earn, incur, provoke, unleash

▪

This remark brought the judge's full wrath down on Sergeant Golding.

▪

He incurred Helen's wrath by arriving late.

▪

What had she done to provoke his wrath?

▪ feel, suffer

▪

This is the second hotel to feel the wrath of the bombers.

▪ fear

▪

She feared her father's wrath.

▪ brave, face, risk

▪

If the President fails, he will face the wrath of the voters.

▪ appease, avoid, escape

▪

They left gifts for the gods to appease their wrath.

▪

He fled the country to escape the gang leader's wrath.

▪ turn, vent

▪

He vented his wrath on his colleagues.

PREPOSITION

▪ wrath at

▪

his wrath at the insult

PHRASES

▪ God's wrath, the wrath of God