choler

chol·er  (klr, klr)

n.

1. Anger; irritability.

2.

a. One of the four humors of ancient and medieval physiology, thought to cause anger and bad temper when present in excess; yellow bile.

b. Obsolete The quality and condition of being bilious.

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[Middle English colre, from Old French, from Latin cholera, cholera, jaundice, from Greek kholera, from khol, bile; see ghel-² in Indo-European roots.]

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choler [kol-ler]

Noun

Archaic anger or bad temper [Greek kholē bile]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	choler - an irritable petulant feeling crossness, fretfulness, fussiness, irritability, peevishness, petulance ill humor, ill humour, distemper - an angry and disagreeable mood testiness, tetchiness, touchiness - feeling easily irritated pet - a fit of petulance or sulkiness (especially at what is felt to be a slight)
	2.	choler - a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance anger, ire 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
	3.	choler - a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the liver and to cause irritability and anger yellow bile bodily fluid, body fluid, liquid body substance, humour, humor - the liquid parts of the body