anger

Definition of anger in English English dictionary: To become angry
You anger too easily.; A strong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something, usually combined with an urge to harm
You need to control your anger.; Pain or stinging; To cause such a feeling of antagonism
Don't anger me.; {n} passion excited by injury inflammation; {v} to provoke, vex, displease, heat, fret; {n} a carpenter's tool to bore holes with; n a strong emotion against someone or something; (see: attack); belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins); the state of being angry; Anger is the strong emotion you feel when you think someone has behaved badly or stupidly, and you feel like expressing your feelings forcefully or violently; hÃ¼hÃ¼; a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance; there are a number of Greek terms which Homer could have used to refer to the anger of Achilles; the term which Homer used was menis, "vengefulness, implacable anger, undying rage;" as described in Homer's great epic, Achilles rage was so strong as serve as the central theme of the entire narrative; the great question raised by the epic is whether or not Achilles' rage was justified; (20+) - Flip a coin If heads, this attack does 20 damage plus 20 more damage; if tails, this attack does 20 damage Pokémon with this attack: Mankey L14; 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); 1 frustration 2 hurt, 3 insecurities, fear and negative programming 4 retaliation for someone’s actions toward you 5 unresolved pain; Righteous anger, assertiveness Self-centredness, arrogance; become angry; "He angers easily"; the only emotion allowed to be expressing in the Forum; make angry; "The news angered him"; If something angers you, it makes you feel angry. The decision to allow more offshore oil drilling angered some Californians. = enrage, infuriate. to make someone angry = annoy; {i} wrath, rage, fury; a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance the state of being angry make angry; "The news angered him" become angry; "He angers easily; To make painful; to cause to smart; to inflame; To excite to anger; to enrage; to provoke; a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance the state of being angry make angry; "The news angered him"; Anger is the strong emotion that you feel when you think that someone has behaved in an unfair, cruel, or unacceptable way. He cried with anger and frustration Ellen felt both despair and anger at her mother. = rage, fury; 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; {f} make angry; irritate; Trouble; vexation; also, physical pain or smart of a sore, etc; become angry; "He angers easily
anger management: The ability for a person to control his/her temperament, particularly in stressful situations; to show proper behavior and/or disagree appropriately without losing control of one's emotions
The rebellious boy's father showed great anger management when he had to deal with his increasingly bad behavior.
Angers: A city in Pays de la Loire, France
Look Back in Anger: a play by John Osborne about a young working class man called Jimmy Porter, who continually argues with his wife, criticizing her and her family because they represent a traditional society he does not respect. The play influenced many British writers in the 1950s (1956)
ablaze with anger: furious with anger
angered: past of anger
angered: marked by extreme anger; "the enraged bull attached"; "furious about the accident"; "a furious scowl"; "infuriated onlookers charged the police who were beating the boy"; "could not control the maddened crowd
angering: present participle of anger
angers: third-person singular of anger
aroused the anger of: made him angry, irritated him, made him mad
burn with anger: be extremely angry, be furious
explode with anger: burst with rage, be furious, lose one's temper, storm, fume
expressed anger: revealed anger, showed how angry he was
fit of anger: attack of rage, outburst of anger
his anger: his rage, his fury, his annoyance
quick to anger: becomes angry easily, gets mad quickly, loses one's temper quickly
remit anger: ease anger, lessen anger
repressed his anger: controlled his anger, restrained himself, calmed himself down
wreak one's anger: pour out one's anger, release one's fury

anger

Hyphenation

an·ger

Turkish pronunciation

änggır

Synonyms

enrage, infuriate, annoy, vex, displease, aggravate, irritate, get, angry, acrimony, animosity, annoyance, antagonism, blow up, cat fit

Antonyms

agreeability, calmness, contentment, enjoyment, good nature, happiness, joy, peace, pleasantness, calm, forbear, make happy, quiet, soothe

Pronunciation

/ˈaɴɢgər/ /ˈæŋɡɜr/

Etymology

[ a[ng]-g&r ] (verb.) 13th century. From Old Norse angr (“affliction, sorrow”), from ang (“troubled”). Cognates include Danish anger (“regret”), Swedish ånger (“regret”), Old English ange (“oppressed, sad”), Latin angō (“squeeze, choke, vex”), Ancient Greek ἄγχω (ankhō, “I squeeze, strangle”), Sanskrit अंहु (aṃhu, “anxiety, distress”). Also compare anguish, anxious, quinsy, and perhaps to awe and ugly. The word seems to have originally meant “to choke, squeeze”. in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913