anger

[ ang-ger ]

noun

1. a strong feeling of displeasure and belligerence aroused by a wrong; wrath; ire.

   Synonyms: spleen, bile, choler, exasperation, resentment

2. Chiefly British Dialect. pain or smart, as of a sore.
3. Obsolete. grief; trouble.

verb (used with object)

1. to arouse anger or wrath in.

   Synonyms: infuriate, exasperate, irritate, vex, displease, madden, incense, enrage

2. Chiefly British Dialect. to cause to smart; inflame.

verb (used without object)

1. to become angry:

   He angers with little provocation.

anger

/ ˈæŋɡə /

noun

1. a feeling of great annoyance or antagonism as the result of some real or supposed grievance; rage; wrath

verb

1. tr to make angry; enrage

Other Words From

• anger·less adjective
• un·angered adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of anger¹

First recorded in 1150–1200; Middle English, from Scandinavian; compare Old Norse angr “sorrow, grief,” akin to Old High German angust ( German Angst “fear”), Latin angor “anguish”

Word History and Origins

Origin of anger¹

C12: from Old Norse angr grief; related to Old English enge, Old High German engi narrow, Latin angere to strangle

Idioms and Phrases

see more in sorrow than in anger .

Synonym Study

Anger, fury, indignation, rage imply deep and strong feelings aroused by injury, injustice, wrong, etc. Anger is the general term for a sudden violent displeasure: a burst of anger. Indignation implies deep and justified anger: indignation at cruelty or against corruption. Rage is vehement anger: rage at being frustrated. Fury is rage so great that it resembles insanity: the fury of an outraged lover.

Example Sentences

If Christie was not a presidential aspirant with an anger-management problem, the episode might not even make the list.

From The Daily Beast

Neither is unnerved by her apparent anger, nor do they see her as threatening.

From The Daily Beast

Most of us have an unhealthy relationship with anger, writes author and psychologist Andrea Brandt.

From The Daily Beast

But instead of just quietly releasing a statement through a publicist, she broadcasted her anger far and wide.

From The Daily Beast

Anger often manifests in withholders as another self-destructive but more socially acceptable feeling or behavior, like anxiety.

From The Daily Beast

Instinctively he tried to hide both pain and anger—it could only increase this distance that was already there.

From Project Gutenberg

Then she put her anger from her; put from her, too, the insolence and scorn with which so lavishly she had addressed him hitherto.

From Project Gutenberg

Say that my anger has no bounds—that my heart is breaking—will break and kill me, if he persists in his ingratitude and cruelty.

From Project Gutenberg

All these exhibitions of temper and anger result from what I have pointed out to your Majesty in many other letters.

From Project Gutenberg

Uncle David felt for a moment so transported with anger, that I think he was on the point of striking him.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• acrimony
• animosity
• annoyance
• antagonism
• displeasure
• enmity
• exasperation
• fury
• hatred
• impatience
• indignation
• ire
• irritation
• outrage
• passion
• rage
• resentment
• temper
• violence