anger

¹an·ger

verb \ˈaŋ-gər\

an·geredan·ger·ing\-g(ə-)riŋ\

Definition of ANGER

transitive verb

: to make angry <he was angered by the decision>

intransitive verb

: to become angry

Examples of ANGER

1. They were shocked and angered by the company's arrogance.
2. He was angered to learn that he had been fired.
3. It angered me that she would say something like that.
4. He's a gentle man who's not easily angered.

First Known Use of ANGER

13th century

Related to ANGER

Synonyms

enrage, incense, inflame (also enflame), infuriate, ire, madden, outrage, rankle, rile, roil, steam up, tick off, get one's goat, rub the wrong way

Antonyms

delight, gratify, please

Related Words

affront, aggravate, annoy, burn (up), cross, exasperate, get, huff, irritate, miff, nettle, offend, peeve, pique, provoke, put out, ruffle, vex; antagonize, embitter, envenom

Near Antonyms

allay, assuage, relieve; comfort, console, soothe; appease, conciliate, mollify, pacify, placate; calm, lull, quiet, settle; beguile, bewitch, captivate, charm, disarm, enchant

Rhymes with ANGER

clangor

²anger

noun

Definition of ANGER

1

: a strong feeling of displeasure and usually of antagonism

2

: rage 2

— an·ger·less \-ləs\ adjective

Examples of ANGER

1. He couldn't hide his anger with us.
2. You could hear the anger in his voice.
3. The group expressed its anger over the company's arrogance.
4. He said that he had no anger towards the person who shot him.
5. He never raised his voice in anger.
6. She was shaking in anger.

Origin of ANGER

Middle English, affliction, anger, from Old Norse angr grief; akin to Old English enge narrow, Latin angere to strangle, Greek anchein

First Known Use: 14th century

Related to ANGER

Synonyms

angriness, birse [chiefly Scottish], choler, furor, fury, indignation, irateness, ire, lividity, lividness, mad, madness, mood [archaic], outrage, rage, spleen, wrath, wrathfulness, slow burn

Antonyms

delight, pleasure

Related Words

aggravation, annoyance, exasperation, irritation, vexation; acrimoniousness, acrimony, animosity, antagonism, antipathy, bile, biliousness, bitterness, contempt, embitterment, empoisonment, enmity, grudge, hostility, rancor; envy, jaundice, jealousy, pique, resentment; malevolence, malice, spite, vengefulness, venom, vindictiveness, virulence, vitriol; belligerence, contentiousness, contrariness, crankiness, disputatiousness, hot-headedness, irascibility, irascibleness, irritability, orneriness, pugnaciousness, pugnacity, quarrelsomeness, querulousness; blowup, flare, flare-up, outburst; chafe, dander, dudgeon, huff, pet, rise, ruffle, temper; air rage, road rage; delirium, heat, passion, warmth

Near Antonyms

calmness, forbearance, patience

Synonym Discussion of ANGER

anger, ire, rage, fury, indignation, wrath mean an intense emotional state induced by displeasure. anger, the most general term, names the reaction but by itself does not convey cause or intensity <tried to hide his anger>. ire, more frequent in literary contexts, suggests an intense anger, often with an evident display of feeling <cheeks flushed with ire>. rage and fury suggest loss of self-control from violence of emotion <shook with rage> <could not contain his fury>. indignation stresses righteous anger at what one considers unfair, mean, or shameful <a comment that caused general indignation>. wrath is likely to suggest a desire or intent to punish or get revenge <I feared her wrath if I was discovered>.