choler

cho·ler

noun \ˈkä-lər, ˈkō-\

Definition of CHOLER

1

a archaic : yellow bile

b obsolete : bile 1a

2

obsolete : the quality or state of being bilious

3

: ready disposition to irritation : irascibility; also : anger

Examples of CHOLER

1. <he felt his choler rising and choked back an angry reply>
2. <the boss's reputation for choler made many employees reluctant to ask questions>

Origin of CHOLER

Middle English coler, from Anglo-French colre, colere, from Latin cholera cholera, from Greek

First Known Use: 14th century

Related to CHOLER

Synonyms

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

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

Rhymes with CHOLER

collar, dollar, haler, holler, loller, Mahler, scholar, taler