different between apoplectic vs wrath

English

Etymology

From French apoplectique, from Late Latin apopl?cticus, from Ancient Greek ???????????? (apopl?ktikós), from ?????????? (apópl?ktos), from ????????? (apopl?ss?), from ??? (apó, “of, from”) + ?????? (pl?ss?, “I strike”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æp??pl?kt?k/
• Rhymes: -?kt?k

Adjective

apoplectic (comparative more apoplectic, superlative most apoplectic)

1. (medicine) Of, or relating to apoplexy.
2. Marked by extreme anger or fury.
3. (archaic) Effused with blood.

Quotations

• 1960 — Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, ch 11

  "Once she heard Jem refer to our father as 'Atticus' and her reaction was apoplectic."

• 2005 — (author?), The New Yorker, (page?) (12 Dec)

  "Speak of the devil—he marches through the door, and becomes apoplectic when he learns of the upheaval."

Related terms

• apoplexy

Translations

Noun

apoplectic (plural apoplectics)

1. A person suffering from apoplexy.

Translations

Romanian

Etymology

From French apoplectique

Adjective

apoplectic m or n (feminine singular apoplectic?, masculine plural apoplectici, feminine and neuter plural apoplectice)

1. apoplectic

Declension

English

Etymology

From Middle English wraththe, wreththe, from Old English wr?þþu (“wrath, fury”), from Proto-West Germanic *wraiþiþu (“wrath, fury”), equivalent to wroth +? -th. Compare Dutch wreedte (“cruelty”), Danish vrede (“anger”), Swedish vrede (“wrath, anger, ire”), Icelandic reiði (“anger”). More at wroth.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???/, /????/
  • Rhymes: -??, -???
  • Homophone: wroth (some speakers)
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?æ?/
  • Rhymes: -æ?
• (General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /?æ?/, /???/

Noun

wrath (usually uncountable, plural wraths)

1. (formal or old-fashioned) Great anger.

   Synonyms: fury, ire
2. (rare) Punishment.

Usage notes

• The pronunciation with the vowel /æ/ is regarded as incorrect by many British English speakers.

Derived terms

• grapes of wrath
• wrathful

Related terms

• wroth

Translations

Adjective

wrath (comparative more wrath, superlative most wrath)

1. (rare) Wrathful; wroth; very angry.

Verb

wrath (third-person singular simple present wraths, present participle wrathing, simple past and past participle wrathed)

1. (obsolete) To anger; to enrage.
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Further reading

• “wrath” in the Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Anagrams

• Warth, warth