| anger | | |
| n. (feeling) | 1. anger, choler, ire | a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance. |
| ~ emotion | any strong feeling. |
| ~ fury, rage, madness | a feeling of intense anger.; "hell hath no fury like a woman scorned"; "his face turned red with rage" |
| ~ enragement, infuriation | a feeling of intense anger. |
| ~ umbrage, offense, offence | a feeling of anger caused by being offended.; "he took offence at my question" |
| ~ indignation, outrage | a feeling of righteous anger. |
| ~ huffiness | a passing state of anger and resentment. |
| ~ hackles, dander | a feeling of anger and animosity.; "having one's hackles or dander up" |
| ~ bad temper, ill temper | a persisting angry mood. |
| ~ vexation, annoyance, chafe | anger produced by some annoying irritation. |
| n. (state) | 2. anger, angriness | the state of being angry. |
| ~ emotional arousal | the arousal of strong emotions and emotional behavior. |
| ~ rage | a state of extreme anger.; "she fell into a rage and refused to answer" |
| n. (act) | 3. anger, ira, ire, wrath | belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins). |
| ~ deadly sin, mortal sin | an unpardonable sin entailing a total loss of grace.; "theologians list seven mortal sins" |
| v. (emotion) | 4. anger | make angry.; "The news angered him" |
| ~ arouse, elicit, evoke, provoke, enkindle, kindle, fire, raise | call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses).; "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy" |
| ~ combust | cause to become violent or angry.; "Riots combusted Pakistan after the U.S. air attacks on Afghanistan" |
| ~ miff | cause to be annoyed.; "His behavior really miffed me" |
| ~ irk, gall | irritate or vex.; "It galls me that we lost the suit" |
| ~ infuriate, exasperate, incense | make furious. |
| ~ see red, anger | become angry.; "He angers easily" |
| ~ madden | make mad.; "His behavior is maddening" |
| ~ offend, pique | cause to feel resentment or indignation.; "Her tactless remark offended me" |
| ~ enrage | put into a rage; make violently angry. |
| ~ exasperate, aggravate, exacerbate | exasperate or irritate. |
| v. (emotion) | 5. anger, see red | become angry.; "He angers easily" |
| ~ feel, experience | undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind.; "She felt resentful"; "He felt regret" |
| ~ bridle | anger or take offense.; "She bridled at his suggestion to elope" |
| ~ steam | get very angry.; "her indifference to his amorous advances really steamed the young man" |
| ~ raise the roof | get very angry.; "He will raise the roof when he hears this" |
| mad | | |
| adj. | 1. huffy, mad, sore | roused to anger.; "stayed huffy a good while"; "she gets mad when you wake her up so early"; "mad at his friend"; "sore over a remark" |
| ~ colloquialism | a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech. |
| ~ angry | feeling or showing anger.; "angry at the weather"; "angry customers"; "an angry silence"; "sending angry letters to the papers" |
| adj. | 2. brainsick, crazy, demented, disturbed, mad, sick, unbalanced, unhinged | affected with madness or insanity.; "a man who had gone mad" |
| ~ insane | afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement.; "was declared insane"; "insane laughter" |
| adj. | 3. delirious, excited, frantic, mad, unrestrained | marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion.; "a crowd of delirious baseball fans"; "something frantic in their gaiety"; "a mad whirl of pleasure" |
| ~ wild | marked by extreme lack of restraint or control.; "wild talk"; "wild parties" |
| adj. | 4. harebrained, insane, mad | very foolish.; "harebrained ideas"; "took insane risks behind the wheel"; "a completely mad scheme to build a bridge between two mountains" |
| ~ foolish | devoid of good sense or judgment.; "foolish remarks"; "a foolish decision" |
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