different between wrathy vs writhy

English

Etymology

From wrath +? -y.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /????i/

Adjective

wrathy (comparative wrathier, superlative wrathiest)

1. (US) Feeling wrath; very angry, furious.
   • 1834, David Crockett, A Narrative of the Life of, Nebraska 1987, p. 64:

     When I got there, the old lady appeared to be mighty wrathy; and when I broached the subject, she looked at me as savage as a meat axe.

   • 2012, PZ Myers, Reason Rally speech, 24 Mar 2012:

     There is a sin that is my favorite. It's one I indulge in several times a day. I kinda like — I really kinda like — wrath. And I am feeling wrathy today.

English

Etymology

writhe +? -y

Adjective

writhy (comparative more writhy, superlative most writhy)

1. Characterized by or prone to writhing.
   • 1743: Robert Blair, The Grave

     Nor fly, nor insect, nor writhy snake, escape their deep research.

   • 2003: Richard Rooke, Ready to Dance and Other Poems

     When we caught a writhy, stunted fish, wide-eyed, mouthing silence, which slipped out of our hands, we picked it up, threw it back to its mud-blind home.

   • 2005: Toni Bentley, Sisters of Salome

     Maud's dances were termed “wiggly, writhy, squirmy”—rendering them more reptilian than artistic in tone.