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Recent Examples of choler Admission was doled out on the basis of whim and choler. Susan Tallman, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2025 The medical theory at the time was none other than the four humours of ancient medicine — whereby the blood, phlegm, black bile, and choler in your body supposedly dictated your physical and psychological well being. Mina Seçkin, refinery29.com, 17 Nov. 2021 But Trump’s Achilles-like choler is also an Achilles heel. Katy Waldman, Slate Magazine, 11 May 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for choler
Noun
  • Verbatim Reginald Dwayne Betts A 2012 essay from the American Poetry Review on poetry and the architecture of anger.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Morocco Anti-government protests fueled by anger over Morocco pouring money into preparations for the 2030 World Cup instead of public services have raged in the country for nearly a week.
    Connor Greene, Time, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • For example, a few kids experience increased hyperactivity or irritability in the first couple of weeks, but that typically subsides within a month.
    Sherri Gordon, Parents, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Be prepared for temporary withdrawal effects like irritability and anxiety.
    Sarah Bradley, Health, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • McBride sets the political context for Swift’s savage indignation by noting that 1727–1729 saw three successive harvest failures in Ireland.
    Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Passions run as high as style, and candor and fervor blend with humor, to endow anecdotes and reflections with pride and purpose along with mourning and indignation.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Then there are authors like Rachel Harrison, Gwendolyn Kiste and Hailey Piper who take the experiences and rage of simply being a woman and use the guardrails of horror to create something wholly new.
    Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 28 Sep. 2025
  • For example, in the 19th century, Victorian hair wreaths (made from human hair) were all the rage throughout the country, said Savig.
    Ayana Archie, NPR, 27 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Wall Street holds near record highs in a government-data blackout , with enough rotational energy toward left-behind groups, refreshed confidence in the AI spending frenzy, certainty of a Fed rate cut this month and speculative aggression in lower-quality longshots to keep the indexes aloft.
    Michael Santoli, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The President's aggression is forcing every school district, city, and the state to do more to protect our rights and our students.
    Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Overcome with fury, the King announces his plan to slaughter anyone who was complicit, including his own grandmother.
    Kayti Burt, Time, 29 Sep. 2025
  • The recent decision to assault Gaza City, where a number of the 20 living hostages are believed to be held, only added to the fury on display on Sunday.
    Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Winter's wrath continues with another cold spell predicted for mid-February.
    Kaycee Sloan, Cincinnati Enquirer, 3 Oct. 2025
  • When Hernán helps Julia and her young daughter, Maribel, navigate treacherous borderlands, their desperate journey triggers the wrath of a ruthless trafficking syndicate.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Doing it all at once would trigger public outrage.
    Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 29 Sep. 2025
  • The remark made waves on social media, sparking outrage and disappointment across the HBCU community.
    Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 29 Sep. 2025

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“Choler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/choler. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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