wrathfulnessn.
/ˈrɒθf(ᵿ)lnəs/, /ˈrɔːθf(ᵿ)lnəs/, U.S. /ˈræθfəlnəs/ The state, condition, or quality of being wrathful; wrath, ire.
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the mind > emotion > anger > [noun] > state or condition of anger
moodinessOE
wrethinga1300
wrathfulnessa1382
irefulness1388
wrothiness1422
reveriec1425
angrinessc1450
wrethfulnessc1475
wrothfulness1535
incensement1599
incandescence1656
angerness1835
iracundity1840
uptightness1969
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Ecclus. i. 28 Wrathefulnesse forsothe of wilfulnesse..is his turnyng vp so doun.
1546 Wycklyffes Wycket sig. A.iii He shalbe raysed tyll the wrathfulnes before determyned is perfectylye made.
1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie xxxii. 189 There is no wrathfulnesse in God.
1591 J. Harington tr. L. Ariosto Orlando Furioso xlii. i. 351 What iron band, or what sharpe hard mouthd bit..Can bridle wrathfulness and conquer it?
a1681 J. Pordage Theologia Mystica (1683) 118 To the Fire-essence do belong, Fierceness, Fieriness, Wrathfulness.
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Irefulness, wrathfulness.
1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede III. vi. l. 240 Adam..was afraid she had thought him serious about his wrathfulness.
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