anger — English Dictionary

Noun

1. A strong and unpleasant feeling of displeasure, hostility, or antagonism, usually combined with an urge to yell, curse, damage or destroy things, or harm living beings, often stemming from perceived provocation, hurt, threat, insults, unfair or unjust treatment, or an undesired situation.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Uncountable

   Examples

   vent one's anger

   relieve one's anger

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   manage one's anger

   soothe one's anger

   show one's anger

   do something in anger

   You need to control your anger.

   Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […]. Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. When a series of bank failures made this impossible, there was widespread anger, leading to the public humiliation of symbolic figures.

2. Pain or stinging.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Obsolete
   • Uncountable

   Examples

   It heals the Wounds that Sin hath made; and takes away the Anger of the Sore; […]

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   I immediately made the Experiment, ſetting the Moxa where the firſt Violence of my Pain began, which was the Joint of the great Toe, and where the greateſt Anger and Soreneſs ſtill continued, [...]

Verb

1. To cause such a feeling of antagonism in.

   Usage

   • Transitive

   Synonyms

   enrageinfuriateannoyvexgrilldispleaseaggravateirritate

   Examples

   He who angers you conquers you.

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   “Poetling, fret thyself not! / I will not one tittle imperil / Thy sorry cockboat; / Nor yet thy poor dear life will I harass / With over-hazardous tossings. / For thou, little poet, ne’er angeredst me; / Thou hast me no least little pinnacle harmed / Of Priamus’ sacrosanct stronghold; / Nor even the least little lash hast thou singed / Of the eye of my son Polyphemus; / And thee with her counsels protected hath ne’er / The Goddess of Wisdom, Pallas Athené.”

   President Donald Trump’s offer to most federal employees to resign now and be paid through September stunned the workers who received it – angering some, confusing many and raising questions about whether the offer is even legal.

2. To become angry.

   Usage

   • Intransitive

   Synonyms

   get angrybristleflare

   Examples

   You anger too easily.

Noun

1. a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance

   Synonyms

   cholerire

   Broader terms

   emotion

2. the state of being angry

   Synonyms

   angriness

   Broader terms

   emotional arousal

3. belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins)

   Synonyms

   wrathireira

   Broader terms

   mortal sindeadly sin

Verb

1. make angry

   Broader terms

   arouseelicitenkindlekindleevokefireraiseprovoke

   Examples

   The news angered him

2. become angry

   Synonyms

   see red

   Broader terms

   feelexperience

   Examples

   He angers easily