wrath

激怒、憤怒

悪いことをした人などに向けられる、非常に強い怒り。

やさしい英語で： Very strong anger, often directed at someone who has done something wrong.

• Nobody wanted to face her wrath.
• His careless words brought down the king’s wrath upon him.
• The children hid the broken vase to avoid their mother’s wrath.

使い方： wrath of someone (He feared the wrath of his father.)

類義語： anger, fury, rage

よく使う表現： incur someone’s wrath, face someone’s wrath, divine wrath

天罰、報復

激しい怒りから加えられる罰や報復。

やさしい英語で： Punishment or revenge given because of great anger.

• They prayed to escape divine wrath.
• The tale ends with the villagers suffering the king’s wrath.
• The priest described the storm as the wrath of God.

使い方： wrath of someone (The preacher warned them about the wrath of God.)

類義語： retribution, vengeance

反対語： mercy

よく使う表現： the wrath of God, suffer someone’s wrath, escape someone’s wrath