| 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" |
| intent | | |
| n. (cognition) | 1. aim, design, intent, intention, purpose | an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions.; "his intent was to provide a new translation"; "good intentions are not enough"; "it was created with the conscious aim of answering immediate needs"; "he made no secret of his designs" |
| ~ goal, end | the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it.; "the ends justify the means" |
| ~ idea, mind | your intention; what you intend to do.; "he had in mind to see his old teacher"; "the idea of the game is to capture all the pieces" |
| ~ cross-purpose | a contrary aim.; "at cross-purposes" |
| ~ final cause | (philosophy) the end or purpose of a thing or process. |
| ~ sake | the purpose of achieving or obtaining.; "for the sake of argument" |
| ~ view | purpose; the phrase `with a view to' means `with the intention of' or `for the purpose of'.; "he took the computer with a view to pawning it" |
| ~ will | a fixed and persistent intent or purpose.; "where there's a will there's a way" |
| n. (communication) | 2. intent, purport, spirit | the intended meaning of a communication. |
| ~ meaning, signification, import, significance | the message that is intended or expressed or signified.; "what is the meaning of this sentence"; "the significance of a red traffic light"; "the signification of Chinese characters"; "the import of his announcement was ambiguous" |
| adj. | 3. absorbed, captive, engrossed, enwrapped, intent, wrapped | giving or marked by complete attention to.; "that engrossed look or rapt delight"; "then wrapped in dreams"; "so intent on this fantastic...narrative that she hardly stirred"; "rapt with wonder"; "wrapped in thought" |
| ~ attentive | (often followed by `to') giving care or attention.; "attentive to details"; "the nurse was attentive to her patient"; "an attentive suitor" |
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