Anger
['æŋgə] or ['æŋɡɚ]
Definition
(noun.) a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance.
(noun.) the state of being angry.
(verb.) make angry; 'The news angered him'.
(verb.) become angry; 'He angers easily'.
Checker: Thomas--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Trouble; vexation; also, physical pain or smart of a sore, etc.
(n.) A strong passion or emotion of displeasure or antagonism, excited by a real or supposed injury or insult to one's self or others, or by the intent to do such injury.
(v. t.) To make painful; to cause to smart; to inflame.
(v. t.) To excite to anger; to enrage; to provoke.
Editor: Roxanne
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Wrath, rage, fury, resentment, indignation, exasperation, choler, bile, spleen, TEMPER, dudgeon, passion, displeasure, vexation, irritation, offence.
v. a. Irritate, provoke, exasperate, chafe, vex, nettle, incense, enrage, inflame, madden, infuriate, make angry.
Checker: Terrance
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Enrage, vex, kindle, fret, ruffle, chafe, infuriate, exasperate, provoke,irritate, incense, wound, inflame, imbitter
ANT:To_appease, compose, forbear, allay, soothe, calm, conciliate, heal
SYN:Ire, incentment, vexation, grudge, pique, exasperation, indignation, enmity,displeasure, irritation, passion, spleen, gall, resentment, rage, animosity,fury, choler, wrath
ANT:Peace, peacefulness, peaceableness, appeasement, forgiveness, goodwill,patience, forbearance, reconciliation, conciliatoriness, mildness
Editor: Moll
Definition
n. a strong emotion excited by a real or fancied injury and involving a desire for retaliation.—v.t. to make angry: to irritate.—adj. An′gerless.—advs. An′gerly a 17th-cent. form (still used in an archaic sense) for Angrily; Ang′rily.—n. Ang′riness.—adj. Ang′ry excited with anger: inflamed: lowering.
Checked by Barry
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of anger, denotes that some awful trial awaits you. Disappointments in loved ones, and broken ties, of enemies may make new attacks upon your property or character. To dreams that friends or relatives are angry with you, while you meet their anger with composure, denotes you will mediate between opposing friends, and gain their lasting favor and gratitude.
Edited by Carlos
Examples
- It sent her into a strange, convulsed anger, to be thwarted. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The King sprang from his seat with a gesture of anger. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- I saw her, and anger, and hate, and injustice died at her bier, giving place at their departure to a remorse (Great God, that I should feel it! Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- I cried in tones of fierce anger. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- You seem to come like my own anger, my own malice, my own--whatever it is--I don't know what it is. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- We shall see,' said Mr. Brownlow, checking his rising anger. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- I wanted to tease you a little to make you less sad: I thought anger would be better than grief. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- He knew his enemy, and this gentleman, of all who came to the house, was the one who angered him most. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- When first I came here I angered Sator Throg, because I repulsed him. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Once angered, I doubt if Dr. Bretton were to be soon propitiated--once alienated, whether he were ever to be reclaimed. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- He half angered and half frightened me--why, I couldn't tell, but he did it. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Her tone and manner angered Amy, who began to put her boots on, saying, in her most aggravating way, I shall go. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- The stupidity of this man angered him. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- She was angered quickly, but she forgave just as readily, and underneath her pride there was the meekness of a child. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- I nevermore will see or think o' anything that angers me, but thou, so much better than me, shalt be by th' side on't. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
Edited by Arnold