anger
a strong feeling of displeasure and belligerence aroused by a wrong; wrath; ire.
Chiefly British Dialect. pain or smart, as of a sore.
Obsolete. grief; trouble.
to arouse anger or wrath in.
Chiefly British Dialect. to cause to smart; inflame.
to become angry: He angers with little provocation.
Origin of anger
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Other words for anger
Other words from anger
- an·ger·less, adjective
- un·an·gered, adjective
Words Nearby anger
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How to use anger in a sentence
Former eBay chief executive officer Devin Wenig, who isn’t charged, last year texted a colleague expressing worry and anger over the unflattering coverage.
Four ex-eBay employees to admit guilt in cyberstalking plot | Verne Kopytoff | September 23, 2020 | FortuneThe most successful trickle-up campaigns of the last decade have been inspired not by fear, or anger, but by excitement.
Climate action: Fear hasn’t motivated people, so let’s get them excited | matthewheimer | September 22, 2020 | FortuneMartin Luther King’s struggle for civil rights was motivated as much by anger at injustice as by love.
Philosophy And Psychology Agree – Yelling At People Who Aren’t Wearing Masks Won’t Work | LGBTQ-Editor | September 21, 2020 | No Straight NewsAdditionally, if your family suffers from a lack of privilege, it’s essential to talk about how to handle the anger that comes along with discrimination.
How to talk to kids about the coronavirus and other bad news | Sara Kiley Watson | August 6, 2020 | Popular-ScienceOne source of anger for the defund movement was that Faulconer had proposed an SDPD spending increase, even though the city’s budget was shrinking from the pandemic.
Politics Report: Vacation Rentals? It’s Just Like Old Times! | Scott Lewis and Andrew Keatts | July 4, 2020 | Voice of San Diego
If Christie was not a presidential aspirant with an anger-management problem, the episode might not even make the list.
Neither is unnerved by her apparent anger, nor do they see her as threatening.
What Would Happen if I Got in White Cop’s Face? | Goldie Taylor | December 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMost of us have an unhealthy relationship with anger, writes author and psychologist Andrea Brandt.
But instead of just quietly releasing a statement through a publicist, she broadcasted her anger far and wide.
Jennifer Lawrence’s Righteous Fury Says Everything We Wanted to Say | Kevin O’Keeffe | December 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTanger often manifests in withholders as another self-destructive but more socially acceptable feeling or behavior, like anxiety.
Instinctively he tried to hide both pain and anger—it could only increase this distance that was already there.
The Wave | Algernon BlackwoodThen she put her anger from her; put from her, too, the insolence and scorn with which so lavishly she had addressed him hitherto.
St. Martin's Summer | Rafael SabatiniSay that my anger has no bounds—that my heart is breaking—will break and kill me, if he persists in his ingratitude and cruelty.
All these exhibitions of temper and anger result from what I have pointed out to your Majesty in many other letters.
Uncle David felt for a moment so transported with anger, that I think he was on the point of striking him.
Checkmate | Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
British Dictionary definitions for anger
/ (ˈæŋɡə) /
a feeling of great annoyance or antagonism as the result of some real or supposed grievance; rage; wrath
(tr) to make angry; enrage
Origin of anger
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with anger
see more in sorrow than in anger.
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