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# wroth

adjective (old use; no comparative in use)

«wroth» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition and Early Modern English — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Wroth means very angry. (old use, in fairy tales) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wroth/#m1)

### In the lessons

in old tales, a king or giant becomes angry and acts

### Examples

- The king grew wroth when he heard the news. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wroth/#x1)
- He became wroth and made haste to pursue them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wroth/#x2)
- The giant was wroth with the boy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wroth/#x3)
- Nothing for maths. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wroth/#x4)

### Note

nothing for maths

## In Jewish tradition

It describes human or divine anger, as with Cain, Jacob, David, and God who was angry with Israel in the desert. Lamentations asks whether God can be exceedingly wroth with His people.

**Interpretation.** Cain's anger is read as the first step towards the first murder, so the tradition takes it as a warning about anger.

### Examples

- And Jacob was wroth, and strove with Laban. (Torah GEN.31.36, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wroth/#x1)
- And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell. (Torah GEN.4.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wroth/#x2)
- And at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibroth-hattaavah, ye made the LORD wroth. (Torah DEU.9.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wroth/#x3)
- God heard, and was wroth, and He greatly abhorred Israel; (Writings PSA.78.59, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wroth/#x4)
- But when king David heard of all these things, he was very wroth. (Prophets 2SA.13.21, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wroth/#x5)
- Thou canst not have utterly rejected us, and be exceeding wroth against us! (Writings LAM.5.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wroth/#x6)

### Note

nothing for maths

## Early Modern English

### Meaning

Very angry. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/W/wroth/#m1)

### Then and now

Today "wroth" is an old word; we say angry or furious.

### Examples

- And Jacob was wroth, and strove with Laban. (Torah GEN.31.36, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/W/wroth/#x1)
- The Voyvode waxed wroth, and demanded a divorce. (Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/W/wroth/#x2)
- And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell. (Torah GEN.4.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/W/wroth/#x3)

### Note

Today: angry.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «wroth» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wroth/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«wroth» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/wroth.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «wroth» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wroth/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«wroth» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/wroth.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «wroth» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/W/wroth/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«wroth» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/emode/w/wroth.html) on Mova free.