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an·ger  (nggr)

n.

A strong feeling of displeasure or hostility.

v. an·gered, an·ger·ing, an·gers

v.tr.

To make angry; enrage or provoke.

v.intr.

To become angry: She angers too quickly.

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[Middle English, from Old Norse angr, sorrow; see angh- in Indo-European roots.]

Synonyms: anger, rage, fury, ire, wrath, resentment, indignation
These nouns denote varying degrees of marked displeasure. Anger, the most general, is strong displeasure: vented my anger by denouncing the supporters of the idea.
Rage and fury imply intense, explosive, often destructive emotion: smashed the glass in a fit of rage; directed his fury at the murderer.
Ire is a term for anger most frequently encountered in literature: "The best way to escape His ire/Is, not to seem too happy" (Robert Browning).
Wrath applies especially to anger that seeks vengeance or punishment: saw the flood as a sign of the wrath of God.
Resentment refers to indignant smoldering anger generated by a sense of grievance: deep resentment that led to a strike.
Indignation is righteous anger at something wrongful, unjust, or evil: "public indignation about takeovers causing people to lose their jobs" (Allan Sloan).

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anger [ˈæŋgə]

n

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

vb

(tr) to make angry; enrage

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

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Anger 

See Also: EMOTIONS, IRRITABLENESS

1. Anger … flowing out of me like lava —Diane Wakoski
2. Anger … hard, like varnished wood —Lynne Sharon Schwartz
3. Anger … hot as sparks —Wallace Stegner
4. Anger is a short madness —Horace
5. Anger is as useless as the waves of the ocean without wind —Chinese proverb

   See Also: FUTILITY, USELESSNESS

6. Anger like wind is like a stone cast into a wasp’s nest —Malabar proverb
7. Anger like a scar disfiguring his face —William Gass
8. Anger like grief, is a mark of weakness; both mean being wounded and wincing —Marcus Aurelius
9. Anger … like Mississippi thunderstorms, full of noise and lightning, but once it passed, the air was cleared —Gloria Norris
10. The anger of a meek man is like fire struck out of steel, hard to be got out, and when got out, soon gone —Matthew Henry
11. Anger spreading through me like a malignant tumor —Isabel Allende
12. Angers … crippling, like a fit —May Sarton
13. The anger [of a crowd of people] shot up like an explosion —H. E. Bates
14. Anger … smoldered within her like an unwholesome fire —Charles Dickens
15. Anger … spreading like a fever along my shoulders and back —Philip Levine
16. Anger standing there gleaming like a four-hundred-horsepower car you have lost your license to drive —Marge Piercy
17. Anger surged suddenly through his body like a quick pain —Beryl Markham
18. (His) anger was quick as a flame —Phyllis Bottome
19. Anger welled up in him like lava —Frank Ross
20. Angry as a hornet —George Garrett
    A variation by movie critic Rex Reed: “Angry as a ruptured hornet.”
21. Angry as a wasp —John Heywood’s Proverbs
22. Angry as a bear with a sore head —Stanley Weyman

    Some variations of this popular simile are “Angry as a grizzly bear with a bad tooth” and “Cross as a bear with a sore head.”

23. Angry words fan the fire like wind —Epigram
24. Bounced with indignation, as if she had robbed him of his reputation, of the esteem of honest people, of his humor, of something rare that was dearer to him than life —Guy De Maupassant
25. (He was) burning like a boiler —Saul Bellow
26. Carried on as though he had uremic poisoning —Rita Mae Brown
27. Cold, vicious rage that covered every inch of me like a rank sweat —Jonathan Valin
28. Come boiling out like bloodhounds —Richard Ford
29. Could feel her fury buzzing and burrowing into the meat under my skull like a drill bit —Stephen King
30. Die in a rage, like a poisoned rat in a hole —Jonathan Swift
31. A draft of anger and deep hurt trailing her like a cheap perfume —Paul Kuttner
32. Feel as though I had swallowed a hand grenade —Erich Maria Remarque
33. Feeling mean … like a bull gator —Robert Campbell
34. A feeling of rage cut him as with a sharp knife and took possession of him —Mikhail P. Arzybashev
35. Felt furious and helpless as if she had been insulted by a child —Flannery O’Connor

    See Also: HELPLESSNESS

36. A fit of anger is as fatal to dignity as a dose of arsenic to life —Josiah Gilbert Holland
37. Fumed like champagne that is fizzy —Bliss Carman
38. Fumes like Vesuvius —Cole Porter, from “I’ve Come to Wive It Wealthily in Padua,” one of the lyrics from Kiss Me Kate, the musical adaptation of Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew.

    Since Porter rarely used similes, it’s natural to wonder if working on a play by as prolific a simile creator as Shakespeare inspired not just this but the several other similes in this one song.

39. Fuming anger like a toaster with crust jammed against its heating coil —Ira Wood
40. Furious … like a wounded bull in an arena —Dumas, Pere
41. Fury pervading her like a bloat —Lynne Sharon Schwartz
42. Fury was running all through his blood and bones like an electric flood —Robert Campbell
43. Gall..like a crown of flowering thorn —W. D. Snodgrass

    The poem from which this simile is extracted is about a dead marriage and the narrator’s regret that his love has become a galling thing. He follows up the flowering thorn comparison with: “My love hung like a gown of lead that pulled you down.”

44. Getting angry is like worshipping idols —L’Olam Midrash
45. Growling like a fox in a trap —William Diehl
46. Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, nor hell a fury like a woman scorned —William Congreve
47. Her rage … dammed up regularly as water —Louise Erdrich
48. Her resentment was like a coagulant … she felt sullen, dull, thick —Nancy Huddleston Packer
49. He’s like a scalded cat —William Alfred
50. He was like the mule in the story that kept running into the trees; he wasn’t blind, he was just so mad he didn’t give a damn —Rex Stout
51. His cheeks quiver with rage —Walker Percy
52. Hissed like an angry kettle —Herbert Lieberman
53. (Barcaloo’s rage took about five seconds to boil up.) It was like dropping cold water into a pot of hot iron —Robert Campbell
54. Let it [anger at wife] all come out of him, like air from a tire —Bruce Jay Friedman
55. Like ice, anger passes away in time —Anon
56. Mad as a bobcat —James Kirkwood
57. Mad as a buck —William Shakespeare
58. Mad as a bull among bumblebees —Anon
59. Mad as a cat that’s lost a mouse —O. Henry
60. Mad as all wrath —Anon
61. Mad as a vexed sea —William Shakespeare
    Like many Shakespearian phrases, this one has fallen into common usage with ‘vexed’ usually changed to ‘angry.’
62. Mad as a wet hen —American colloquialism
    A variation from George Garrett’s novel, The Finished Man: “Mad as a doused rooster.”
63. Mad as hops —American colloquialism
    In Picturesque Expressions, Lawrence Urdang speculates that this is a twist on being ‘hopping’ mad.
64. On the warpath [against world’s injustices] like a materialistic Don Quixote —Clarence Day
65. Outrage which was like sediment in his stomach —Paule Marshall
66. Outrage … worked like acid in his temper —Frank Swinnerton
67. Puffed up with rage like a squid (my psyche let out angry ink) —Saul Bellow
68. Rage … as infectious as fear —Christopher Isherwood
69. Rage, as painful as a deep cut —Jean Stafford
70. Rage … burst in the center of my mind like a black bubble of fury —Lawrence Durrell
71. Rage sang like a coloratura doing trills —Marge Piercy
72. Rages like a chafed bull —William Shakespeare
73. Rage swells in me like gas —Marge Piercy
74. Rage whistling through him like night wind on the desert —Paige Mitchell
75. Raging back at her [an angry woman] like a typhoon —T. Coraghessan Boyle
76. Raging like some crazed Othello —Suzi Gablik describing Marc Chagall’s behavior in review of My Life With Chagall by Virginia Haggard, New York Times Book Review, August 17, 1986
77. (Enemy chase me) sore as a bird —The Holy Bible/Lamentations
78. Sore as a boil —American colloquialism
79. Sore as a crab —John Dos Passos
80. Stammering with anger like the clucking of a hen —Émile Zola
81. Stewing hostility and mordant self-pity … pooled like poison almost daily in his soul —Joseph Heller
82. Tempers boil over like unwatched spaghetti —Tonita S. Gardner
83. Turned crimson with fury —Lewis Carroll
84. When he is angry he is like those creatures that lurk in hollow trees. His glare … causes brave men to run like scalded cats —George F. Will
    The angry man described by Will is football coach Woody Hayes.
85. Words heat up the room like an oven with the door open —Anon

    See Also: WORD(S)

86. The young man’s wrath is like straw of fire, but like red hot steel is the old man’s ire —Lord Byron

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	anger - a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance ire, choler emotion - any strong feeling fury, rage, madness - a feeling of intense anger; "hell hath no fury like a woman scorned"; "his face turned red with rage" enragement, infuriation - a feeling of intense anger umbrage, offense, offence - a feeling of anger caused by being offended; "he took offence at my question" indignation, outrage - a feeling of righteous anger huffiness - a passing state of anger and resentment hackles, dander - a feeling of anger and animosity; "having one's hackles or dander up" bad temper, ill temper - a persisting angry mood vexation, annoyance, chafe - anger produced by some annoying irritation
	2.	anger - the state of being angry             angriness emotional arousal - the arousal of strong emotions and emotional behavior rage - a state of extreme anger; "she fell into a rage and refused to answer"
	3.	anger - belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins) ire, wrath, ira deadly sin, mortal sin - an unpardonable sin entailing a total loss of grace; "theologians list seven mortal sins"
Verb	1.	anger - make angry; "The news angered him"   arouse, elicit, evoke, provoke, enkindle, kindle, fire, raise - call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy" combust - cause to become violent or angry; "Riots combusted Pakistan after the U.S. air attacks on Afghanistan" miff - cause to be annoyed; "His behavior really miffed me" irk, gall - irritate or vex; "It galls me that we lost the suit" infuriate, exasperate, incense - make furious madden - make mad; "His behavior is maddening" offend, pique - cause to feel resentment or indignation; "Her tactless remark offended me" enrage - put into a rage; make violently angry exasperate, aggravate, exacerbate - exasperate or irritate
	2.	anger - become angry; "He angers easily"     see red feel, experience - undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind; "She felt resentful"; "He felt regret" bridle - anger or take offense; "She bridled at his suggestion to elope" steam - get very angry; "her indifference to his amorous advances really steamed the young man" raise the roof - get very angry; "He will raise the roof when he hears this"

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anger

noun

rage, passion, outrage, temper, fury, resentment, irritation, wrath, indignation, annoyance, agitation, ire, antagonism, displeasure, exasperation, irritability, spleen, pique, ill temper, vehemence, vexation, high dudgeon, ill humour, choler He cried with anger and frustration.
rage liking, peace, pleasure, approval, acceptance, patience, goodwill, forgiveness, gratification, calmness, amiability

verb

enrage, provoke, outrage, annoy, offend, excite, irritate, infuriate, hassle (informal), aggravate (informal), incense, fret, gall, madden, exasperate, nettle, vex, affront, displease, rile, pique, get on someone's nerves (informal), antagonize, get someone's back up, piss someone off (taboo slang), put someone's back up, nark (Brit., Austral., & N.Z. slang), make someone's blood boil, get in someone's hair (informal), get someone's dander up (informal) The decision to allow more construction angered the residents.
enrage please, calm, soothe, appease, placate, pacify

Quotations
"Usually when people are sad, they don't do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change" [Malcolm X Malcolm X Speaks]
"Anger is a short madness" [Horace Epistles]
"Anger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their objects than love" [George Eliot The Mill on the Floss]

Proverbs
"Never let the sun go down on your anger"

Translations

anger [ˈæŋgəʳ]

A. N → ira f
red with anger → rojo de ira
to move or rouse sb to anger → provocar la ira de algn
to speak in anger → hablar indignado
words spoken in anger → palabras pronunciadas en un momento de enfado(Sp), palabras pronunciadas en un momento de enojo(LAm)

B. VT → enfadar(Sp), enojar(LAm)
to be easily angered → enfadarse fácilmente(Sp), enojarse fácilmente(LAm)

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anger [ˈæŋgə^r]

n → colère f
to do sth in anger → faire qch sous le coup de la colère
to raise one's voice in anger → hausser le ton
He rarely raises his voice in anger → Il hausse rarement le ton.
words spoken in anger → mots prononcés sous l'emprise de la colère anger management

vt → rendre furieux/euse
anger management n → maîtrise f de sa colère

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anger

n → Ärger m; (= wrath: of gods etc) → Zorn m; a fit of anger → ein Wutanfall m, → ein Zorn(es)ausbruch m; red with anger → rot vor Wut; public anger → öffentliche Entrüstung; to speak/act in anger → im Zorn sprechen/handeln; words spoken in anger → was man in seiner Wut or im Zorn sagt; to do something in anger → etw im Zorn tun; to be filled with anger → zornig or wütend sein; to provoke somebody’s anger → jdn reizen; to rouse somebody to anger (liter) → jdn in Wut or Rage bringen; to make one’s anger clear → seinem Ärger or Unmut Luft machen

vt (stressing action) → ärgern; (stressing result) → verärgern; gods → erzürnen (liter); what angers me is … → was mich ärgert, ist …; to be easily angered → sich schnell or leicht ärgern; (= quick to take offence) → schnell verärgert sein

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anger [ˈæŋgəʳ]

1. n → rabbia, collera
red with anger → rosso/a per or dalla rabbia
in anger → nell'impeto della collera

2. vt → far arrabbiare
he is easily angered → si arrabbia facilmente

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anger

n anger [ˈӕŋgə]

a violent, bitter feeling (against someone or something) He was filled with anger about the way he had been treated. gramskap غَضَب гняв hněv, zlost vrede der Zorn θυμός cólera, furia viha خشم؛ عصبانیت viha colère כַּעַס, זַעַם, רוֹגֶז गुस्सा ljutnja harag kemarahan reiði rabbia, collera 怒り 노여움 pyktis dusmas marah woede sinne gniew cólera mânie, furie гнев hnev, zlosť jeza naljutiti ilska ความโกรธ kızgınlık, öfke 憤怒 гнів, лють غصہ ، طیش sự tức giận 愤怒

v

to make someone angry His words angered her very much. kwaad maak يُغْضِب ядосвам rozhněvat, rozzlobit gøre vred erzürnen προκαλώ θυμό σε κπ., εξοργίζω enfurecer, enfadar vihale ajama خشمگین کردن vihastuttaa mettre en colère לְהַרגִיז, לְהַכעִיס किसी को गुस्सा दिलाना razljutiti (fel)mérgesít membangkitkan marah gera reiðan fare arrabbiare, mandare in collera 怒らせる 화나게 하다 supykdyti sadusmot menaikkan kemarahan boos maken gjøre sint rozgniewać irritar a mânia, a supăra сердить rozhnevať razjeziti razbesneti förarga ทำให้โกรธ kızdırmak, öfkelendirmek 使發怒 гнівити, сердити ناراض کرنا làm ai tức giận 使发怒

adj angry

1 feeling or showing anger He was so angry that he was unable to speak; angry words; She is angry with him; The sky looks angry – it is going to rain. kwaad, oortrokke غاضِب ядосан rozzlobený, hrozivý vred; truende zornig θυμωμένος enfadado vihane خشمگین؛ توفانی vihainen en colère כּוֹעֵס गुस्सा करना या जताना ljutito mérges marah reiður arrabbiato 怒った 성난 piktas dusmīgs; nikns; draudošs marah boos sint rozzłoszczony, gniewny zangado furios сердитый rozhnevaný, zlostný; hrozivý jezen besan arg โกรธ kızgın, öfkeli 憤怒的 сердитий; розгніваний ناراض ، خفا tức giận 愤怒的

2 red and sore-looking He has an angry cut over his left eye. lelike أحْمَر، مُلْتَهِب، مُتَوَرِّم зачервен podebraný betændt; ømt; smertende böse ερεθισμένος inflamado punetav متورم؛ دردناک tulehtunut irrité רוֹגֵז लाल और सूजा सा ljut gyulladt luka memerah rauðþrútinn irritato, infiammato 炎症を起こした 벌겋게 성난 piktas, negyjantis, skaudamas iekaisis menyakitkan ontstoken betent, hissig (sår) zaogniony inflamado iritat воспалённый zapálený vnet dubok elak, ond โกรธเคือง iltihaplı 紅腫疼痛的 запалений لال پیلا ، شدید طیش میں viêm tấy 肿痛发炎的

adv angrily

kwaai بِغَضَب، غاضِبَاً ядосано rozhněvaně, rozzlobeně vredt zornig θυμωμένα furiosamente, con enfado vihaselt خشمگینانه vihaisesti avec colère בְכַעַס गुस्से में ljuto mérgesen dengan marah reiðilega con rabbia 성이 나서 piktai dusmīgi dengan marah boos sint gniewnie com irritação furios, cu furie сердито zlostne, rozhnevane jezno besno argt, ilsket อย่างโกรธเคือง öfkeyle, hiddetle 憤怒地 гнівно, сердито ناراضگی سے giận dữ 愤怒地

angry at something: We were angry at the delay .

angry with someone: He is angry with his sister .

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anger → غضب hněv vrede Zorn θυμός ira viha colère ljutnja rabbia 怒り 화 woede sinne złość raiva гнев ilska ความโกรธ öfke sự giận dữ 愤怒