anger

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anger

A child's face turns red with anger after his toy breaks.

Definition

  1. Noun:

    • A strong feeling of displeasure and antagonism: "Anger" is an intense emotional state involving annoyance, displeasure, or hostility, often in response to a perceived wrong, injustice, or grievance.
    • The state of being angry: "Anger" refers to the condition or experience of feeling this strong emotion.

  2. Verb:

    • To make angry; to provoke anger or displeasure in someone: This transitive use means to cause someone to feel anger.
    • To become angry: This intransitive use means to experience the feeling of anger oneself.
Usage Examples

  • Noun: He tried to control his anger during the argument.Her face was red with anger.The decision filled him with deep anger.

  • Verb (transitive): His rude comments angered the entire audience.The unfair policy angers many citizens.

  • Verb (intransitive): She angers quickly when people are late.He does not anger easily.

Advanced Usage

  • "In anger": while feeling or expressing anger. He slammed the door in anger.

  • "To vent one's anger": to express one's anger, often forcefully. She went for a run to vent her anger.

Variants and Related Words

  • Angry (adjective): feeling or showing anger. She was angry about the mistake.

  • Angrily (adverb): in an angry manner. He spoke angrily to the manager.

Synonyms
  • Noun: Rage, fury, wrath, indignation, ire.
  • Verb (to make angry): Enrage, infuriate, incense, provoke, irritate.
  • Verb (to become angry): Get angry, lose one's temper, flare up.
Related Phrasal Verbs / Constructions
  • "To anger at/over something": (Less common as a phrasal verb; typically used with prepositions to indicate the cause). (This intransitive use with 'at' is grammatical but less frequent than simpler structures like "She became angry at...").
Related Idioms

  • "A flash of anger": a sudden, brief feeling of anger. I saw a flash of anger in his eyes.

  • "To bottle up anger": to suppress or not express one's anger. It's not healthy to bottle up your anger.

anger

A child's face turns red with anger after his toy breaks.

Noun
  1. belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins)
  2. the state of being angry
  3. a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance
Verb
  1. become angry
    • He angers easily
  2. make angry
    • The news angered him

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