All 5 Uses of
wrath
in
Bleak House
- Fog in the eyes and throats of ancient Greenwich pensioners, wheezing by the firesides of their wards; fog in the stem and bowl of the afternoon pipe of the wrathful skipper, down in his close cabin; fog cruelly pinching the toes and fingers of his shivering little 'prentice boy on deck.†
Chpt 1-3
- You are different from other children, Esther, because you were not born, like them, in common sinfulness and wrath.†
Chpt 1-3 *
- "To your sorrow?" said the man, pausing in his wrath, "if so, I beg your pardon.†
Chpt 13-15
- Lady Jane, in the doorway, with her tiger snarl from ear to ear and her club of a tail, shows no intention of obeying; but Mr. Tulkinghorn stumbling over her, she spits at his rusty legs, and swearing wrathfully, takes her arched back upstairs.†
Chpt 37-39
- Much mighty speech-making there has been, both in and out of Parliament, concerning Tom, and much wrathful disputation how Tom shall be got right.†
Chpt 46-48
Definition:
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(wrath) extreme anger or angry punishment