WRATH


Meaning of WRATH in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

incur sb’s displeasure/wrath/disapproval etc

She wondered what she’d done to incur his displeasure this time.

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ VERB

bring

It was this implied indictment that was soon to bring so much wrath down on his head.

They have cleared their shelves of anything that could offend the public or bring down the wrath of the tabloids.

The destruction of beauty, in any of its forms, is sure to bring up wrath and sadness.

incur

If any of the beaters did incur his wrath , they were sent home.

To use live penguins, while adding an audible dimension, might incur the wrath of the animal rights lobby.

Dhalia produced some effective, speedy long range punching but also incurred the wrath of referee Ron Hackett for frequent clinching.

To deny this magic is to incur the wrath of a great number of people.

Always a forthright woman, she incurred the wrath of the anti-abolitionists and her life was threatened.

This incurred great wrath on the part of my father, who finally issued an execution order.

risk

The local shop girls never risked her wrath .

Say it for publication, and risk the wrath of the judges?

He decided to risk the wrath of the hospital authorities.

Mrs Gore even risked the wrath of the record industry by campaigning to have warning labels put on particularly offensive records.

I will not risk Penumbra's wrath .

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

the king's wrath

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

He would have to be prepared for Godolphin's wrath .

It was this implied indictment that was soon to bring so much wrath down on his head.

The local shop girls never risked her wrath .

White had to flee to London to escape the wrath of Cavaliers, and he was old and ailing when he returned.

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