Anger

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Anger \An"ger\ (a[ng]"g[~e]r), n. [OE. anger, angre, affliction,
     anger, fr. Icel. angr affliction, sorrow; akin to Dan. anger
     regret, Swed. [*a]nger regret, AS. ange oppressed, sad, L.
     angor a strangling, anguish, angere to strangle, Gr.
     'a`gchein to strangle, Skr. a[mdot]has pain, and to E.
     anguish, anxious, quinsy, and perh. awe, ugly. The word seems


     to have orig. meant to choke, squeeze. [root]3.]
     1. Trouble; vexation; also, physical pain or smart of a sore,
        etc. [Obs.]
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              I made the experiment, setting the moxa where . . .
              the greatest anger and soreness still continued.
                                                    --Temple.
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     2. 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.
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              Anger is like
              A full hot horse, who being allowed his way,
              Self-mettle tires him.                --Shak.
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     Syn: Resentment; wrath; rage; fury; passion; ire gall;
          choler; indignation; displeasure; vexation; grudge;
          spleen.
  
     Usage: {Anger}, {Indignation}, {Resentment}, {Wrath}, {Ire},
            {Rage}, {Fury}. Anger is a feeling of keen displeasure
            (usually with a desire to punish) for what we regard
            as wrong toward ourselves or others. It may be
            excessive or misplaced, but is not necessarily
            criminal. Indignation is a generous outburst of anger
            in view of things which are indigna, or unworthy to be
            done, involving what is mean, cruel, flagitious, etc.,
            in character or conduct. Resentment is often a moody
            feeling, leading one to brood over his supposed
            personal wrongs with a deep and lasting anger. See
            {Resentment}. Wrath and ire (the last poetical)
            express the feelings of one who is bitterly provoked.
            Rage is a vehement ebullition of anger; and fury is an
            excess of rage, amounting almost to madness. Warmth of
            constitution often gives rise to anger; a high sense
            of honor creates indignation at crime; a man of quick
            sensibilities is apt to cherish resentment; the wrath
            and ire of men are often connected with a haughty and
            vindictive spirit; rage and fury are distempers of the
            soul to be regarded only with abhorrence.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Anger \An"ger\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Angered}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Angering}.] [Cf. Icel. angra.]
     1. To make painful; to cause to smart; to inflame. [Obs.]
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              He . . . angereth malign ulcers.      --Bacon.
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     2. To excite to anger; to enrage; to provoke.
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              Taxes and impositions . . . which rather angered
              than grieved the people.              --Clarendon.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  anger
       n 1: a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some
            real or supposed grievance [syn: {choler}, {ire}]
       2: the state of being angry [syn: {angriness}]
       3: belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong
          (personified as one of the deadly sins) [syn: {wrath}, {ire},
           {ira}]
       v 1: make angry; "The news angered him"
       2: become angry; "He angers easily" [syn: {see red}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  123 Moby Thesaurus words for "anger":
     a transient madness, acedia, affront, aggravate, angriness, annoy,
     annoyance, antagonism, ardency, ardor, arouse, asperity, avarice,
     avaritia, bad humor, bad temper, bile, biliousness, blow up, boil,
     boil over, bridle, bridle up, bristle, bristle up, burn,
     causticity, chafe, choler, corrosiveness, dander, deadly sin,
     discontent, displease, displeasure, dudgeon, dutch, eagerness,
     enrage, enragement, envy, exasperate, exasperation, excite,
     excitement, fervency, fervidity, fervidness, fervor, flare up,
     flip out, fret, fury, gall, get mad, get sore, gluttony,
     grapes of wrath, greed, gula, heat, hit the ceiling, huff,
     ill humor, ill nature, ill temper, incense, incite, indignation,
     inflame, infuriate, infuriation, invidia, ira, irateness, ire, irk,
     irritability, irritate, irritation, kindle, love, lust, luxuria,
     mad, madden, make angry, make mad, make sore, monkey, nettle,
     offend, outrage, pet, pique, pride, provoke, rage, rant, rave,
     reach boiling point, resentment, rile, saeva indignatio, see red,
     seethe, sexual desire, sloth, soreness, sourness, spleen, steam up,
     stew, storm, superbia, temper, tick off, umbrage, vex, vexation,
     vials of wrath, wrath, wrathfulness
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Anger
     the emotion of instant displeasure on account of something evil
     that presents itself to our view. In itself it is an original
     susceptibility of our nature, just as love is, and is not
     necessarily sinful. It may, however, become sinful when
     causeless, or excessive, or protracted (Matt. 5:22; Eph. 4:26;
     Col. 3:8). As ascribed to God, it merely denotes his displeasure
     with sin and with sinners (Ps. 7:11).