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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
  • Pressure to release more documents has built both from within Trump's base and from Democrats seizing on their anger.
    Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025
  • Grief isn’t a set of stages Many people still think of grief through the lens of psychiatrist Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross’ five stages of grief, popularized in the early 1970s: denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance.
    Liza Barros-Lane, The Conversation, 17 July 2025
Noun
  • Advertisement Dizziness, fatigue, headaches, nausea, muscle cramps, confusion, and irritability are signs of dehydration, Taubman says.
    Erica Sweeney, Time, 17 July 2025
  • Is your irritability to the level where your children might notice or your husband might have some comments about the irritability?
    Essence, Essence, 5 July 2025
Noun
  • That indignation, those headlines, the praise for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s bravery and leadership cooling dramatically since those early days–in Europe and America.
    Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
  • In a matter of minutes seven women were united in indignation.
    Sherry Kuehl, Kansas City Star, 13 May 2025
Noun
  • Tommy Jeans Cotton Linen Blend Shorts Shorts with longer inseams are all the rage this summer, so this breathable pair with an elastic waistband will be perfectly on-trend for all your upcoming travels.
    Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 22 July 2025
  • Fidget spinners — the 3-inch twirling gadgets that took over classrooms and cubicles — were all the rage in 2017.
    Michelle Chapman, Hartford Courant, 20 July 2025
Noun
  • Both cited trade deadline aggression from general manager Brian Cashman as their reason for picking the Yankees.
    Tim Crowley, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 July 2025
  • Gone is the bulky cladding, revealing the raw aggression of the Wilbers chassis, boxer engine, and extra-long swingarm.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 15 July 2025
Noun
  • The catastrophic deluge laid waste to communities across Kerr and Kendall counties, where neighborhoods and RV parks, as well as the 18 or so youth camps attended by thousands of kids each summer, were swept away in its fury.
    Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 12 July 2025
  • The Kremlin’s fury at these exclusion zones erupted two years ago, on the eve of another BRICS summit, this time in South Africa, Dickinson says.
    Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 6 July 2025
Noun
  • Anyone who dared challenge the prevailing narrative faced the wrath of a ravenous cancel culture.
    David Oliver, USA Today, 22 July 2025
  • That patience has only earned Powell the president’s wrath.
    Paolo Confino, Fortune, 16 July 2025
Noun
  • After a two-year spike during the pandemic and national outrage over police accountability, Chicago began to see a decline in homicides in 2022.
    Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 14 July 2025
  • Trump's demand for nearly 10 times that -- along with the threats that the U.S. might pull its troops from the country -- has previously drawn widespread outrage in the country, spurring calls by some for the development of South Korea's own nuclear arsenal.
    arkansasonline.com, arkansasonline.com, 13 July 2025

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“Choler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/choler. Accessed 26 Jul. 2025.

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