وَغْرٌ
Root: وغر
Full Definition
وَغْرٌ
Rancour, malevolence, malice, or spite, and enmity; and a burning with wrath, or rage; as also
وَغَرٌ ; or the latter is an Verbal.Noun, but the former is a simple subst.: or the state of being filled with wrath, or rage: from وَغْرَةٌ, explained below. You say, فِى صَدْرِهِ عَلَىَّ وَغْرٌ
In his bosom is rancour, &c., against me. And ذَهَبَ وَغْرُ صَدْرِهِ
The rancour, &c., of his bosom departed. And الهَدِيَّةُ تُذْهِبُ وَغْرَ اصَّدْرِ
The gift dispelleth the rancour, malevolence, malice, or spite, and the heat, of the bosom.
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