Wrath: A Dictionary for the Enraged Read Online Free Page A

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madden
    (MAD-den)
    VERB: To make angry; enrage.
maelstrom
    (MAYL-strum)
    NOUN: A violent, confused situation that often results in destruction.
malcontent
    (MAL-kuhn-tent)
    NOUN: One who is not content with the current status of his or her life; can also be used as an adjective to describe someone who is dissatisfied.
maleficence
    (muh-LEF-ih-sence)
    NOUN: The act of doing harm or creating evil.
    Your MALFEASANCE has not gone unnoticed; you will be punished accordingly when your father gets home.
malevolent
    (muh-LEV-uh-lent)
    ADJECTIVE: Characterized by a desire to do harm to others; malicious.
malfeasance
    (mal-FEE-zunce)
    NOUN: Behavior that is marked by illegality or wrongdoing; misconduct.
malice
    (MAL-iss)
    NOUN: The intention or desire to do harm to others; spite.
malicious
    (muh-LISH-uss)
    ADJECTIVE: Spitefully mean; evil; bad in intent.
malign
    (muh-LYN)
    VERB: To sully the reputation of a person or thing, particularly by claiming information that is not true.
malignant
    (muh-LIG-nunt)
    ADJECTIVE: Liable to cause harm; hateful.
    Come not between the dragon and his wrath.
    —W ILLIAM S HAKESPEARE
mar
    (mar)
    VERB: To damage or spoil something; blight.
matricide
    (MAT-ruh-side)
    NOUN: The act of killing one’s mother.
melee
    (MAY-lay)
    NOUN: A noisy confrontation between several people, most often in a public place; skirmish.
miasma
    (my-AS-muh)
    NOUN: A toxic atmosphere.
    I am tired of living in this MIASMA day after day; I think it is making me sick.
miff
    (mif)
    VERB: To irritate or anger somebody.
minatory
    (MIN-uh-tohr-ee)
    ADJECTIVE: Menacing or ominous.
misanthrope
    (MISS-un-throhp)
    NOUN: A person who hates all humankind.
miscreant
    (MISS-cree-uhnt)
    NOUN: A villain or evildoer.
    He showed us what a true MISCREANT he was when he cut the orphans’ portions in half to save money.
misery
    (MIZ-uh-ree)
    NOUN: Extreme suffering or unhappiness; gloom.
mortify
    (MOHR-tih-fy)
    VERB: To humiliate or shame a person; embarrass.

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nefarious
    (nih-FAYR-ee-uss)
    ADJECTIVE: Extremely evil; despicable.
    It was unbelievably NEFARIOUS for her to drown the crying infant.
nemesis
    (NEM-ih-sis)
    NOUN: An enemy or opponent who seeks to exact revenge.
nettle
    (NET-l)
    VERB: To annoy or irritate; exasperate.
nocuous
    (NOK-yoo-uhs)
    ADJECTIVE: Liable to cause harm or injury; noxious.
noisome
    (NOI-suhm)
    ADJECTIVE: Offensive to the senses; harmful.
notoriety
    (noh-tuh-RY-uh-tee)
    NOUN: Infamy or ill repute; disrepute.
    There is little for the great part of the history of the world except the bitter tears of pity and the hot tears
of wrath.
    —W OODROW W ILSON
noxious
    (NOK-shuss)
    ADJECTIVE: Toxic or poisonous; harmful.
nuisance
    (NOO-suhns)
    NOUN: An annoying person or thing; pest.

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obdurate
    (AHB-dur-uht)
    ADJECTIVE: Extremely stubborn or obstinate.
    He wrapped his ankles around the chair and refused to leave, a display of his OBDURATE ways.
objectionable
    (uhb-JEK-shun-uh-buhl)
    ADJECTIVE: Something that causes offense or opposition; disagreeable.
objurgate
    (OB-jur-gayt)
    VERB: To strongly berate or reprimand; renounce.
obloquy
    (OB-luh-kwee)
    NOUN: Abusive statements made against someone; denunciation.
obstinate
    (OB-stih-nut)
    ADJECTIVE: Unwilling to change an opinion or be swayed; stubborn.
    Before you embark on
a journey of revenge,
dig two graves.
    —C ONFUCIUS
obstreperous
    (ob-STREP-er-us)
    ADJECTIVE: Extremely aggressive or hostile; defiant.
    When any of the patients became OBSTREPEROUS, it was necessary for an orderly to restrain them and inject them with a tranquilizer.
odium
    (OH-dee-uhm)
    NOUN: Intense hatred or revulsion; abhorrence.
offend
    (uh-FEND)
    VERB: To insult someone or hurt his or her feelings.
ogre
    (OH-gur)
    NOUN: In a fairytale, an
ogre
is a man-eating monster; the term can also refer to a particularly unpleasant or wicked person.
ominous
    (OM-ih-nuss)
    ADJECTIVE: Suggesting possible harm or threat; foreboding.
opprobrium
    (uh-PRO-bree-um)
    NOUN: The disgrace that results