anger

anger
I. verb (angered; angering) Date: 13th century transitive verb to make angry <
he was angered by the decision
>
intransitive verb to become angry II. noun Etymology: Middle English, affliction, anger, from Old Norse angr grief; akin to Old English enge narrow, Latin angere to strangle, Greek anchein Date: 14th century 1. a strong feeling of displeasure and usually of antagonism 2. rage 2 • angerless adjective Synonyms: anger, ire, rage, fury, indignation, wrath mean an intense emotional state induced by displeasure. anger the most general term, names the reaction but in itself conveys nothing about intensity or justification or manifestation of the emotional state <
tried to hide his anger
>
. ire more frequent in literary contexts, may suggest greater intensity than anger, often with an evident display of feeling <
cheeks flushed dark with ire
>
. rage suggests loss of self-control from violence of emotion <
screaming with rage
>
. fury is overmastering destructive rage that can verge on madness <
in her fury she accused everyone around her of betrayal
>
. indignation stresses righteous anger at what one considers unfair, mean, or shameful <
a refusal to listen that caused general indignation
>
. wrath is likely to suggest a desire or intent to revenge or punish <
rose in his wrath and struck his tormentor to the floor
>
.

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

Игры ⚽ Нужно решить контрольную?
Synonyms:

Look at other dictionaries:

  • anger — n Anger, ire, rage, fury, indignation, wrath denote emotional excitement induced by intense displeasure. Anger, the generic term of this group, names merely the emotional reaction; the word in itself suggests no definite degree of intensity and… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Anger — • The desire of vengeance Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Anger     Anger     † Catholic En …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • anger — [aŋ′gər] n. [ME < ON angr, distress < IE base * angh , constricted > L angustus, narrow, angustia, tightness, Gr anchein, to squeeze, anchonē, a strangling, Ger angst, fear] 1. a feeling of displeasure resulting from injury, mistreatment …   English World dictionary

  • Anger — Sm Wiese per. Wortschatz arch. (8. Jh.), mhd. anger, ahd. angar, as. angar Stammwort. Vorauszusetzen ist (g.) * ang ra m. Grasland , zu dem auch anord. angr (vermutlich Bucht ) in Ortsnamen gehört, sonst im Nordischen anord. eng f. Wiese (aus *… …   Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache

  • 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.] [1913 Webster] He . . . angereth malign ulcers. Bacon. [1913 Webster] 2. To excite to anger; to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Anger — Anger: Das veraltende Wort für »grasbewachsenes Land; Dorfplatz« (mhd. anger, ahd. angar) gehört im Sinne von »Biegung, Bucht« zu der unter ↑ Angel dargestellten idg. Wortgruppe. Eng verwandt sind die nord. Sippe von schwed. äng »Wiese« und… …   Das Herkunftswörterbuch

  • anger — [n] state of being mad, annoyed acrimony, animosity, annoyance, antagonism, blow up*, cat fit*, chagrin, choler, conniption, dander*, disapprobation, displeasure, distemper, enmity, exasperation, fury, gall, hatred, hissy fit*, huff, ill humor,… …   New thesaurus

  • anger — ► NOUN ▪ a strong feeling of annoyance, displeasure, or hostility. ► VERB ▪ provoke anger in. ORIGIN Old Norse, grief …   English terms dictionary

  • Anger 77 — Allgemeine Informationen Genre(s) Rock Gründung 1990 Website http://www.anger77.de/ …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Anger [1] — Anger, ungebauter, meist etwas hoch liegender, mit Gras bewachsener, zur Weide u. zu Baumanpflanzungen bestimmter, gewöhnlich in der Nähe von Dörfern gelegener u. den Einw. als gemeinschaftliches Eigenthum gehörender freier Platz …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”