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How to spell wrath
What it means: Intense anger or rage.
In a sentence: The superhero used his power to calm the dragon's wrath.
The part people get wrong
Watch for a silent w. Often misspelled as rath or wroth.
Same family: wrathful, wrathfully, anger, rage, fury. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.
Where it comes from: “Wrath” comes from Old English *wræththu*, related to an old adjective meaning ‘angry’ or ‘hostile.’ It’s closely connected to the word “wroth,” an older form that you may still see in historical or fantasy writing.
Patterns it uses: Silent letters
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