anger has definitions from the fields of religion,theology
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[ noun ] a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance

Synonyms

ire choler

Used in print

(Robert E. Lane, The Liberties of Wit: Humanism, Critici...)

William_Wimsatt and Cleanth_Brooks , it seems to me , have a penetrating insight into the way in_which this control is effected : `` For if we say poetry is to talk of beauty and love ( and yet not aim at exciting erotic emotion or even an emotion of Platonic esteem ) and if it is to talk of anger and murder ( and yet not aim at arousing anger and indignation ) - then it may be that the poetic way of dealing with these emotions will not be any kind of intensification , compounding , or magnification , or any direct assault upon the affections at_all .

William_Wimsatt and Cleanth_Brooks , it seems to me , have a penetrating insight into the way in_which this control is effected : `` For if we say poetry is to talk of beauty and love ( and yet not aim at exciting erotic emotion or even an emotion of Platonic esteem ) and if it is to talk of anger and murder ( and yet not aim at arousing anger and indignation ) - then it may be that the poetic way of dealing with these emotions will not be any kind of intensification , compounding , or magnification , or any direct assault upon the affections at_all .

Something indirect , mixed , reconciling , tensional might well be the stratagem , the devious technique by which a poet indulged in all kinds of talk about love and anger and even in something like '' expressions `` of these emotions , without aiming at their incitement or even uttering anything that essentially involves their incitement '' .

(Harry Olesker, Impact....)

He felt no anger towards Kitti , no sense that she had betrayed him .

(Joseph Chadwick, No Land Is Free....)

He 'd been in an angry mood : Conchita had thought his face almost ugly with the anger in him .

2
[ verb ] make angry

Examples

"The news angered him"

Used in print

(James Boylan, "Mutinity"...)

The men were at_first puzzled , then angered by the aimless tacking .

3
[ noun ] the state of being angry

Synonyms

angriness

Used in print

(Clayton C. Barbeau, The Ikon....)

Clumps of brush that they passed were so many enchained demons straining in anger to tear and gnaw on his bones .

Related terms

emotional_arousal rage

4
[ verb ] become angry

Synonyms

see_red

Examples

"He angers easily"

Related terms

feel raise_the_roof steam

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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 23254
6
[ noun ] (religion,theology) belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins)

Synonyms

ire ira wrath

Related terms

mortal_sin

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