Choler
['kɒlə] or ['kɑlɚ]
Definition
(n.) The bile; -- formerly supposed to be the seat and cause of irascibility.
(n.) Irritation of the passions; anger; wrath.
Typist: Tyler
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Bile.[2]. Anger, wrath, ire, fury, rage, spleen, exasperation.
Typist: Yvette
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See ANGER]
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Definition
n. the bile: (Shak.) biliousness: anger irascibility.—adj. Chol′eric full of choler: passionate.
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Examples
- Emanuel stood a little apart from these; his countenance and eyes expressed strong choler; he held forth his hand with his tribune gesture. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Hold, father, said the Jew, mitigate and assuage your choler. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Emanuel entered with his vehement burst of latch and panel, and his deep, redundant bowprophetic of choler. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
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