wrothfuladj.
Obsolete or archaic.
An apparently early example in R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 37 is probably an error for wrathful or wrethful.
1.
a. Of persons: Full of wrath; angry; = wrathful adj. 1.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > anger > [adjective]
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hotOE
on fireOE
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wrothsomea1529
angerful?1533
wrothful?1534
wrath1535
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sultry1671
on (also upon) the high ropes (also rope)1672
nangry1681
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glimflashy1699
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spunky1809
cholerous1822
kwaai1827
wrathy1828
angersome1834
outraged1836
irate1838
vex1843
raring1845
waxy1853
stiff1856
scotty1867
bristly1872
hot under the collar1879
black angry1894
spitfire1894
passionful1901
ignorant1913
hairy1914
snaky1919
steamed1923
uptight1934
broigus1937
lemony1941
ripped1941
pissed1943
crooked1945
teed off1955
ticked off1959
ripe1966
torqued1967
bummed1970
?1534 Remors of Conscyence (de Worde) (new ed.) sig. C.jv Alas why haue I wrothfull ben.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Nahum i. 2 A taker of vengeaunce is ye Lorde, and wrothfull.
1546 tr. A. P. Gasser Prognostication d ij b The warrier & wrothful Mars, Lord of this yere.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. xi. sig. Z4 The knight yet wrothfull for his late disgrace,..Him..sore smott.
1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake v. 197 Wrothful at such arraignment foul, Dark lowered the clansman's sable scowl.
b. Prone to wrath.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > [adjective] > irascible (of person)
hotOE
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choleric1556
hot at hand1558
waspish1566
incensive1570
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short1599
spitfire1600
warm-tempered1605
temperless1614
sulphurous1616
angryable1662
huffy1680
hastish1749
peppery1778
quick-tempered1792
inflammable1800
hair-triggered1806
gingery1807
spunky1809
iracund1821
irascid1823
wrathy1828
frenzy1859
gunpowdery1868
gunpowderous1870
tempersome1875
exacerbescent1889
tempery1905
lightningy1906
temperish1925
short-fused1979
1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Sam. vii. 8 His men..are stronge and of a wrothfull stomack.
2. Proceeding or arising from wrath; characterized by or expressive of anger.
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the mind > emotion > anger > [adjective] > characterized by anger
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wrethfulc1325
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wrothful1535
choleric1567
irascible1659
wrathy1873
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms lxviii. 24 Let thy wrothfull displeasure take holde of them.
1562 G. Legh Accedens of Armory 165 b His irefull hart straight braided out wrothful wordes of wreke and reuenge.
Derivatives
ˈwrothfully adv.
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the mind > emotion > anger > [adverb]
hotlyeOE
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wrothlyOE
moodilyOE
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wrothfullya1500
wrothly?a1500
melancholily1536
enragedlya1572
fumingly1597
iracundiously1599
teenouslya1600
passionately1615
warmly1776
wrathily1847
heatedly1862
irately1883
spunkily1890
wrothily1898
a1500 Hist. K. Boccus & Sydracke (?1510) sig. P ij He styreth and quakyth wrothfully.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms cxxiii. 3 When they were so wrothfully displeased at vs.
1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene vi. vii. sig. Ee5v But..(quoth he halfe wrothfully) Where is the bootie? View more context for this quotation
1855 B. Thorpe tr. Beowulf 6116 Then was the quarrel wrothfully avenged.
ˈwrothfulness n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > anger > [noun] > state or condition of anger
moodinessOE
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wrathfulnessa1382
irefulness1388
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angrinessc1450
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wrothfulness1535
incensement1599
incandescence1656
angerness1835
iracundity1840
uptightness1969
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Ecclus. x. 22 Pryde was not made for man, nether wrothfulness for mens children.
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