| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | an·ger |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   ng g r |
| NOUN: | A strong feeling of displeasure or hostility. | | VERB: | Inflected forms: an·gered, an·ger·ing, an·gers
| | TRANSITIVE VERB: | To make angry; enrage or provoke. | | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | To become angry: She angers too quickly. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Old Norse angr, sorrow. See angh- in Appendix I. | | SYNONYMS: | anger, rage, fury, ire, wrath, resentment, indignation These nouns denote varying degrees of marked displeasure. Anger, the most general, is strong displeasure: vented my anger by denouncing the supporters of the idea. Rage and fury imply intense, explosive, often destructive emotion: smashed the glass in a fit of rage; directed his fury at the murderer. Ire is a term for anger most frequently encountered in literature: “The best way to escape His ire/Is, not to seem too happy” (Robert Browning). Wrath applies especially to anger that seeks vengeance or punishment: saw the flood as a sign of the wrath of God. Resentment refers to indignant smoldering anger generated by a sense of grievance: deep resentment that led to a strike. Indignation is righteous anger at something wrongful, unjust, or evil: “public indignation about takeovers causing people to lose their jobs” (Allan Sloan).
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