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Definition: Anger |
AngerNoun1. A strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance. 2. The state of being angry. 3. Belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins). Verb1. Make angry; "The news angered him". 2. Become angry; "He angers easily". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "anger" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
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Bible | Anger the emotion of instant displeasure on account of something evil that presents itself to our view. In itself it is an original susceptibility of our nature, just as love is, and is not necessarily sinful. It may, however, become sinful when causeless, or excessive, or protracted (Matt. 5:22; Eph. 4:26; Col. 3:8). As ascribed to God, it merely denotes his displeasure with sin and with sinners (Ps. 7:11). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
Dream Interpretation | To dream of anger, denotes that some awful trial awaits you. Disappointments in loved ones, and broken ties, of enemies may make new attacks upon your property or character. To dreams that friends or relatives are angry with you, while you meet their anger with composure, denotes you will mediate between opposing friends, and gain their lasting favor and gratitude. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Literature | Anger Athenodorus, the Stoic, told Augustus the best way to restrain unruly anger was to repeat the alphabet before giving way to it. (See Danger.) "The sacred line he did but once repeat, And laid the storm, and cooled the raging heat." Tickell: The Horn Book. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Anger involves a sense of wrongedness, outrage, frustration, irritation, or violent conflict.
In the Christian tradition, causeless, excessive, or protracted anger is sinful (Matt. 5:22; Eph. 4:26; Col. 3:8), one of the seven deadly sins. As ascribed to God, it merely denotes his displeasure with sin and with sinners (Ps. 7:11).
Anger may also result from irritability brought on by illness such as bipolar disorder.
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Synonyms: AngerSynonyms: angriness (n), choler (n), ira (n), ire (n), wrath (n), see red (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Excitability | Violence; fierceness; Adjective: rage, fury, furor, furore, desperation, madness, distraction, raving, delirium; phrensy, frenzy, hysterics; intoxication; tearing passion, raging passion; anger. |
Adverb: "like patience on a monument smiling at grief"; aequo animo, in cold blood; more in sorrow than in anger. | |
Forgiveness | Phrase: veniam petimusque damusque vicissim; more in sorrow than in anger; comprendre tout c'est tout pardonner; " the offender never pardons". |
Resentment | Noun: resentment, displeasure, animosity, anger, wrath, indignation; exasperation, bitter resentment, wrathful indignation. |
Flushed with anger, flushed with rage; in a huff, in a stew, in a fume, in a pucker, in a passion, in a rage, in a fury, in a taking, in a way; on one's high ropes, up in arms; in high dudgeon. | |
Chafe, mantle, fume, kindle, fly out, take fire; boil, boil over; boil with indignation, boil with rage; rage, storm, foam, vent one's rage, vent one's spleen; lose one's temper, stand on one's hind legs, stamp the foot, stamp with rage, quiver with rage, swell with rage, foam with rage; burst with anger; raise Cain. | |
Cause anger, raise anger; affront, offend; give offense, give umbrage; anger; hurt the feelings; insult, discompose, fret, ruffle, nettle, huff, pique; excite; irritate, stir the blood, stir up bile; sting, sting to the quick; rile, provoke, chafe, wound, incense, inflame, enrage, aggravate, add fuel to the flame, fan into a flame, widen the breach, envenom, embitter, exasperate, infuriate, kindle wrath; stick in one's gizzard; rankle &e.; hit on the raw, rub on the raw, sting on the raw, strike on the raw. | |
Revenge | Verb: revenge, avenge; vindicate; take one's revenge, have one's revenge; breathe revenge, breathe vengeance; wreak one's vengeance, wreak one's anger. |
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Crosswords: Anger |
| Specialty definitions using "anger": Bears are caught by Honey, BLUSH, Bomb Shell ♦ Chevy Chase ♦ DUDGEON, Duty ♦ Fashion, Fleas ♦ Hexameter Verse ♦ Invective, Irritable Mood ♦ Keyboard Commando ♦ Nabal ♦ Pacify ♦ Rodrigo, RTFB ♦ Servant, SMITHAREEN, Stewing in their own Gravy ♦ Voice ♦ Wrath ♦ Zacocia. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "anger": Wrawness. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Anger" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. German (common, green, meadow). |
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Screenplays | Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate (Episode I: The Phantom Menace; writing credit: George Lucas.) The anger! (How the Grinch Stole Christmas; writing credit: Jeffrey Price) Fear and anger only make it grow faster (Mononoke-hime; writing credit: Karl Tunberg) Aaah! I am insane with anger! (Signs; writing credit: M. Night Shyamalan) That'll teach you to lecture me. Get me another anger management therapist (Die Another Day; writing credit: Neal Purvis) | |
Lyrics | Cause my anger, wouldn't let me feel for a stranger (Dear Mama; performing artist: 2Pac) Did you shout out in anger, in fear for your neighbor (Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning); performing artist: Alan Jackson) And the anger of having been a fool (An Innocent Man; performing artist: Billy Joel) Their anger hurts my ears (Stay Together For The Kids; performing artist: Blink-182) Without love I'd have no anger (Believe; performing artist: Elton John) | |
Clever | Anger is as a stone cast into a wasp's nest. (references; author: Malabar Proverb) Anger opens the mouth and shuts the mind. (references; author: unknown) Depression is merely anger without enthusiasm. (references; author: unknown) Show a little bit of your anger everyday instead of showing a lot of it on one day. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Anger Management (2003) Heat of Anger (1972) Anger After Death (1971) Halls of Anger (1970) Look Back in Anger (1958) | |
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 | Hurt. Anger. Fear. Loneliness. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | A rush of anger surged across him : he twisted furiously, but the iron fingers held. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | What worries me is, I find no anger here toward Hiss to match his anger toward McCarthy. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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 | Anger; mad; upset; laugh-like; instinctive; autoprotective. | | Bark; snort; anger; angry; excited. |
| Gorilla; primate; anger; angry; huff; exhale; fierce; ferocious. | | Anger; frustrated; mad; . |
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Alphonse Daudet | Hatred -- The anger of the weak. |
Benjamin Franklin | Whate'er's begun in anger ends in shame. |
| Whatever is begun in anger, ends in shame. | |
Daniel Webster | Keep cool; anger is not an argument. |
Horace | Anger is a brief lunacy. |
Marcus T. Cicero | Hatred is inveterate anger. |
Ovid | Like fragile ice anger passes away in time. |
Philemon | Temperate anger well becomes the wise. |
Seneca | The greatest remedy for anger is delay. |
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Emma | Austen, Jane | They were combined only of anger against herself, mortification, and deep concern |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | In bringing to light by means of anger, and justice had sprung from revenge |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | Rude brutal anger routed the last lingering instant of ecstasy from his soul |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | They knew that a man so hurt and so perplexed may turn in anger, even on people he loves |
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Health | Letting the anger out may occasionally be helpful. (references) | |
Family members report depression, social isolation, and anger. (references) | ||
If you hear something you don’t like, try not to respond with anger. (references) | ||
Economic History | Russia | The government suppressed opposition and manipulated popular anger into anti-Semitic pogroms. (references) |
Human Rights | Turkey | Observers say that security officials often tortured political detainees in order to express anger and to intimidate the detainees. (references) |
Vanuatu | An Ombudsman's Act was passed by Parliament in 1998 in the wake of parliamentary anger over vigorous investigations of corruption by the Ombudsman under the previous act. (references) | |
Political Economy | Malawi | Mob violence triggered by anger over high levels of common crime resulted in mob executions of alleged criminals. (references) |
Political Rights | Haiti | The bulk of their anger was directed at the opposition's headquarters in Port-au-Prince. (references) |
Travel | Nepal | In late 2000, rioters vented anti-Indian anger at Indian-owned businesses in Nepal. (references) |
Women | Portugal | The law also calls for the development of new programs to teach anger management to perpetrators and to assist victims with the professional development necessary to live independent lives. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | FASHION, n. A despot whom the wise ridicule and obey. A king there was who lost an eye In some excess of passion; And straight his courtiers all did try To follow the new fashion. Each dropped one eyelid when before The throne he ventured, thinking 'Twould please the king. That monarch swore He'd slay them all for winking. What should they do? They were not hot To hazard such disaster; They dared not close an eye -- dared not See better than their master. Seeing them lacrymose and glum, A leech consoled the weepers: He spread small rags with liquid gum And covered half their peepers. The court all wore the stuff, the flame Of royal anger dying. That's how court-plaster got its name Unless I'm greatly lying. Naramy Oof |
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Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | Then years later, when both were retired, and age had softened their anger, they began to speak to each other again through letters. |
George Bush | 1989-1993 | If we fight in anger, it is only because we have to fight at all. |
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| "Anger" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 94.18% of the time. "Anger" is used about 3,019 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 94.18% | 2,843 | 3,253 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 3.61% | 109 | 31,132 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 1.99% | 60 | 43,597 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.23% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Total | 100.00% | 3,019 | N/A |
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| The following table summarizes the usage of "anger" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Anger | Last name | 300 | 23,254 |
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| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "anger". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Cheran | N/A | Biblical | Anger |
| Eber | N/A | Biblical | Anger |
| Hamath | N/A | Biblical | Anger |
| Harhaiah | N/A | Biblical | Anger |
| Harhas | N/A | Biblical | Anger |
| Harnepher | N/A | Biblical | The anger of a bull |
| Heber | N/A | Biblical | Anger |
| Hirah | N/A | Biblical | Anger |
| Horonites | N/A | Biblical | Men of anger |
| Naharai | N/A | Biblical | Anger |
| Tahrea | N/A | Biblical | Anger |
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Expressions using "anger": ablaze with anger ♦ act in anger ♦ actuated by anger ♦ be red with anger ♦ blaze with anger ♦ blind with anger ♦ burning with anger ♦ burst of anger ♦ burst with anger ♦ express anger ♦ fit of anger ♦ fly into a rage anger ♦ give vent to one's anger ♦ glint of anger ♦ in anger ♦ more in sorrow than in anger ♦ outburst of anger ♦ overflowing anger ♦ quick to anger person ♦ righteous anger ♦ risk smb. anger ♦ seethe with anger ♦ sparkle with anger ♦ speak in anger ♦ swift to anger ♦ wave of anger ♦ work off one's anger on ♦ wreak one's anger ♦ wreak one's anger on smb.. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "anger": anger-provoking. | |
Ending with "anger": guilt-anxiety-fear-anger. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "anger"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | zemëroj (annoy, enrage, fret, huff, incense, irritate, offend, provoke, vex), zemërim (bitterness, chafe, conniption, Dander, dudgeon, effervescence, effervescency, exasperation, excitement, huff, impatience, indignation, ire, Paddy, paddywhack, passion, petulance, rage, rasp, spite, wax, wrath), zemëratë (ire, wrath), xhindos (chafe, enrage, infuriate, irritate, madden), xeh (irritate), inatos (displease, enrage, exasperate, gall, make angry, pique, rile, spite, throw out), inat (blood, Dander, disappointment, down, dudgeon, ire, malice, miff, must, pique, rage, rampage, rancor, rancour, spunk, temper). (various references) | |
Arabic | حنق (enrage, exasperation, foam, frenzy, fury, infuriate, ire, irritation, look savage, rage, resent, wrath), غيظ (annoy, chafe, embitter, fret, gall, incense, infuriate, ire, irritate, madden, nettle, offend, peeve, pique, provoke, rage, resentment, rib, rile, ruffle, scandalize, spite, twit, vex, wrath), غضب (aggravate, annoy, be angry, be irritated, chafe, crab, dander, displease, embitter, enrage, exasperate, exasperation, fire, flounce, fret, fume, gall, get on his nerves, get smb.'s goat, go mad, grumpiness, harrow, heat, incense, indignation, inflame, infuriate, irascibility, ire, irritate, irritation, itch, jitter, lose one's shirt, mad, madden, miff, nettle, offend, outcry, outrage, peeve, pet, pique, pout, provoke, rage, resentment, rile, rough, ruffle, seethe, soreness, sour, spite, spleen, twit, vex), حزن (afflict, aggrieve, bale, be sorrowful, be sorry, cloud, crack, darken, depress, depression, distress, doldrums, gloom, grief, grieve, gripe, heartache, melancholy, pain, sadden, sadness, sadness pain, sorrow). (various references) | |
Basque | hira. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | ядосвам (annoy, chafe, go mad, grieve, irritate, peeve, rouse, tick off, vex), разгневявам (go mad, infuriate, lash, warm), гняв (dudgeon, exasperation, furor, heat, ire, monkey, rage, wax, wrath). (various references) | |
Chinese | 怫 (anxious), " (air, gas), 愾 , 愤' (Angered, Angering, Furies, furious, Fury, indignation, irate, Rage). (various references) | |
Czech | zlost (chicane, grievance, huff, irritation, rage, spleen, wrath), vztek (fury, pash, passion, rage, temper), rozzlobit (make angry, upset), rozhnìvat (make angry), rozèilení (exasperation, excitement, flurry, getting the nerves), hnìv (Dander, ire, passion, pique, rage, spunk, wrath). (various references) | |
Danish | vrede. (various references) | |
Dutch | toorn, gramschap, boosheid. (various references) | |
Esperanto | kolero. (various references) | |
Faeroese | øði. (various references) | |
Farsi | غضبناک کردن , غضب (Gouge, Huff, Ire, Outburst, Outrage, Rage, Temper, Wrath), خشمگین کردن (Aggravate, Annoy, Enrage, Ensnare, Exasperate, Incense, Irritate, Provoke, Tar, Vex), خشم (Heat, Indignation, Ire, Irritation, Rage, Resentment, Tantrum, Temper, Wrath), براشفتگی . (various references) | |
Finnish | vihaisuus, viha (enmity, hatred hate), suututtaa (annoy, make angry, provoke, rouse a person's anger, vex), suutus (annoy, make angry, provoke, rouse a person's anger, vex), suuttumus (indignation), kiukku (crossness), äkäisyys (exasperation, fierceness). (various references) | |
French | colère. (various references) | |
Frisian | lilkens. (various references) | |
German | Zorn (fury, passion, rage, spleen, wrath), Groll (dudgeon, grievance, grudge, pique, rancor, rancors, rancour, rancours, resentment, wrath), ärgern (aggravate, annoy, bother, chagrins, exasperate, fash, gall, get, grieve, huff, irk, irritate, madden, make angry, nark, needle, nettle, peeve, provoke, put out, rile, spite, tease, to annoy, to bother, to chagrins, to exasperate, to huff, to irk, to irritate, torment, upset, vex, vexation, worry). (various references) | |
Greek | οργή (fury, huff, ire, outrage, pet, rage, stroke, temper, vexation, wrath, wrathfulness). (various references) | |
Hebrew | לק טר (chide, nag, provoke, rebuke, tease, vex), לכעוס (be angry, be irate, fret, lour, rage, stomach), ל"כעיס (enrage, incense, nettle, spite), אף (also, even, no, nose, snout, too, wrath), זעף (ire, rage, wrath), זעם (fury, glower, rage, spleen, wrath), חרי אף (fierce, wrath), חרון אף (wrath), כעיס", כעס (be angry, glower, grumpiness, indignation, ire, spleen, wrath), "תרתחות (boiling), "תר'זות (irritation, vexation), "ר'יז (annoy), רו'ז" (testiness, wrath), ר'ז ות (bad temper, choler, irascibility, irritation, petulance, temper). (various references) | |
Hungarian | harag (annoyance, bad blood, dander, dudgeon, fury, grudge, ill feeling, ire, irritation, rage, rancor, rancour, resentment, spite, spunk, stomach, wrath), düh (bate, dander, fury, heat, ire, passion, rage, wrath), méreg (bane, bate, bother, poison, spunk, toxic, toxin, venom), indulat (emotion, Paddy, passion, pathos), bosszúság (annoyance, bother, chagrin, cross, discomfiture, displeasure, miff). (various references) | |
Icelandic | reiði. (various references) | |
Indonesian | amarah, memarahi (chide, dress down, tonk), kemurkaan (greed, wrath), kedongkolan, berang (angry, irate, upset). (various references) | |
Italian | collera (choler, Dander, displeasure, fume, fury, ire, passion, rage, tantrum, temper, wrath). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | '気 (wrath), 憤' (rage, resentment). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | うっぷ" (grudge, resentment), ふ"ぜ" (confusion, disorder, indignation, rage, resoluteness), ふ"ま" (chagrin, indignation, irritation, resentment), ふ"ぬ (exasperation, indignation, rage, resentment), ふ"ど (exasperation, indignation, poor or filthy earth, rage, resentment), どき (earthenware, wrath), いかり (anchor, hatred), りっぷく (offence, rage, taking offense), むかっぱら (passion), はら ち, ちゅっぱら (rage). (various references) | |
Korean | 노기. (various references) | |
Manx | jymmoose (chagrin, displeasure, furiousness, fury, indignation, ire, rage, wrath), ferg (bad temper, exasperation, ferocity, gust of anger, heat, passion), fargys, farg (choler, fierceness, fury, outrage, wrath), elgys (fierceness, spite, vehemence, viciousness, vindictiveness), corree (angry, annoyed, ire). (various references) | |
Norwegian | sinne. (various references) | |
Occitan | ira. (various references) | |
Papiamen | kólera (cholera). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | angeray.(various references) | |
Polish | pasja (lust, passion). (various references) | |
Portuguese | raiva (dander, fury, ire, madness, odium, paddy, paddywhack, rabidity, rabies, rage). (various references) | |
Romanian | aprindere (Ardor, ardour, exaltation, fire, firing, fury, ignition, inflammation, kindling, lighting), zgândãri (aggravate, embitter, rake, sharpen, touch), supãrare (affliction, annoyance, bitterness, burden, care, chafe, cloud, cross, damage, Dander, fury, grief, harm, irritation, mood, moroseness, mumps, pain, peevishness, pet, pettishness, pique, rage, Ruth, sadness, sorrow, spite, spunk, suffering, sulk, trouble, vexation), supãra (annoy, ballyrag, chafe, exasperate, grieve, inconvenience, irk, irritate, miff, molest, nettle, offend, pester, pinch, plague, provoke, reck, rile, rumple, spite, tease, trouble, vex), necãji (badger, bait, bother, crab, depress, dishearten, endeavor, endeavour, fret, gall, grieve, irritate, lark, molest, rile, spite, tease, trouble, vex, worry), mânie (choler, Dander, dudgeon, fume, fury, ire, mood, rage, resentment, spunk, temper, wrath), mânia (chafe, infuriate, make angry, provoke), furie (fierceness, frenzy, fury, hastiness, ire, madness, mood, rage, shrew, temper, termagant, violence, wax, wrath), burzuluialã (fury, wrath), bãnat (annoyance, blame, sorrow, spite, suspicion, trouble), înfuria (diabolize, enrage, exasperate, get smb.'s dander up, huff, infuriate, mad, madden, make one's blood boil, provoke, rouse to fury), înciuda (vex). (various references) | |
Russian | гнев (aggravation, furor, ire, passion, rage, wax, wrath). (various references) | |
Scottish | fearg (ire, rage, wrath). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | srdžba (fury, wrath), ogorčiti (aggravate, exasperate, gall), naljutiti (antagonize, huff, madden, offend, rile), ljutnja (displeasure, furor, furore, huff, ire), ljutina (dander, sharpness), gnev (bate, fume, wrath). (various references) | |
Spanish | cólera (cholera, indignation, passion, wrath), furia (Dander, fierceness, fureur, fury, madness, rage, temper, wildness, wrath), enojo (annoyance, displeasure, dudgeon, huff, irritation). (various references) | |
Swedish | vrede (choler, crossness, irasciblere, ire, passion, spleen, wrat, wrath), ilska (dander, fume, fury, rage). (various references) | |
Tagalog | gálit. (various references) | |
Thai | โกรธ (angry, livid, miffed), ทำให้โกรธ (huff, tee off, tick off), ความโกรธ (bile). (various references) | |
Turkish | öfke (berserker rage, choler, displeasure, dudgeon, exasperation, flare, flare up, frenzy, fume, fury, heat, huffiness, indignation, ire, irritation, pash, passion, pet, rage, sound and fury, spunk, steam, storm, temper, wax, wrath). (various references) | |
Turkmen | gazap, gatyrganmak, gahar getirmek. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | сердити (aggravate, annoy, exasperate, nettle, provoke, rile, roil), роздратування (annoyance, chafe, disgust, distemper, exacerbation, exasperation, fret, harass, inflammation, irritation, needle, peeve, petulance, petulancy, pique, provocation, teen), роздратовувати (acerbate, discontent, dislike, embitter, exacerbate, fash, fret, frump, goad, huff, irk, needle, nettle, nip, peeve, rile, terrify, wear on), гнівити, гнів (chafe, choler, furor, ire, passion, rage, wrath), злити (nettle), лють (chafe, rabidity, wrath). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự tức giận (displeasure, dudgeon, exacerbation, wrath), sự giận dữ (fury, ire, rampage), mối giận. (various references) | |
Welsh | llidio (be angry, chafe, inflame), llid (inflammation, irritation, wrath), gw+yth (wrath), digofaint (indignation, wrath), digio (become angry, offend, take offence), dig (angry, wrath, wrathful), dicter (displeasure, wrath), coddi (offend), codded (grief), broch (badger, bluster, froth, tumult), ba+r (adversity, fury, greed). (various references) | |
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| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | gir, libi, mer, ug. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | ira. (various references) |
| Old French | 900-1400 | colre. (various references) |
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| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 15, Verse 1 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Orgh apollusin kai fronimouV apokrisiV de upopiptousa apostrefei qumon logoV de luphroV egeirei orgaV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Responsio mollis frangit iram sermo durus suscitat furorem |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | A nesshe answere breketh wrathe; an hard woord rereth woodnesse. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | By a soft answer wrath is turned away, but a bitter word is a cause of angry feelings. |
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| Language | Proverbs Chapter 15, Verse 1 |
| Cebuano | ¶ Ang tubag nga malomo makapahupay sa kapungot; Apan ang pulong nga mahait makapapukaw sa kasuko. |
| Chinese | 回 " " ' 、 使 ' 消 退 ． 言 語 暴 戾 、 觸 動 ' 氣 。 |
| Croatian | Blag odgovor ublažava jarost, a rijeè osorna uveæava srdžbu. |
| Danish | Mildt svar stiller vrede, sårende ord vækker nag. |
| Dutch | Een zacht antwoord keert de grimmigheid af; maar een smartend woord doet den toorn oprijzen. |
| Finnish | Leppeä vastaus taltuttaa kiukun, mutta loukkaava sana nostaa vihan. |
| French | Une réponse douce calme la fureur, Mais une parole dure excite la colère. |
| German | Eine linde Antwort stillt den Zorn; aber ein hartes Wort richtet Grimm an. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Dengan jawaban yang ramah, kemarahan menjadi reda; jawaban yang pedas membangkitkan amarah. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Bahwa sahut yang lembut itu memadamkan amarah yang bernyala-nyala, tetapi perkataan yang tajam menggalakkan amarah. |
| Italian | Una risposta gentile calma la collera, una parola pungente eccita l'ira. |
| Maori | ¶ Ma te kupu ngawari e kaupare te riri; ma te kupu taimaha ia e whakaoho te riri. |
| Norwegian | Mildt svar stiller harme, men et sårende ord vekker vrede. |
| Portuguese | A resposta branda desvia o furor, mas a palavra dura suscita a ira. |
| Rumanian | Un rqspuns blknd potolewte mknia, dar o vorbq asprq aykyq mknia. |
| Russian | лТПФЛЙК ПФЧЕФ ПФЧТБЭБЕФ ЗОЕЧ, Б ПУЛПТ'ЙФЕМШОПЕ УМПЧП ЧПЪ'ХЦ"БЕФ СТПУФШ. |
| Spanish | La suave respuesta quita la ira, pero la palabra áspera aumenta el furor. |
| Swedish | Fortsättning av den första samlingen av salomoniska ordspråk. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "anger": angered, angering, angerless, angerly, angers. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "anger": arranger, banger, bushranger, changer, clanger, cliffhanger, danger, doppelganger, endanger, estranger, exchanger, flanger, gangbanger, ganger, granger, hanger, interchanger, manger, paperhanger, phalanger, ranger, sanger, shortchanger, stranger, straphanger, twanger. (additional references) | |
Words containing "anger": arrangers, bangers, bushrangers, changers, clangers, cliffhangers, dangered, dangering, dangerous, dangerously, dangerousness, dangerousnesses, dangers, doppelgangers, endangered, endangering, endangerment, endangerments, endangers, estrangers, exchangers, flangers, gangbangers, gangers, grangerism, grangerisms, grangers, hangers, interchangers, mangers, orangerie, orangeries, orangery, paperhangers, phalangers, rangers, sangers, shortchangers, strangered, strangering, strangers, straphangers, tangerine, tangerines, twangers. (additional references) | |
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"Anger" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aeger, agert, ahnger, alnager, anaero, anager, aner, Anga, angara, angary, ange, anged, Angehrn, angen, angeo, Angera, angere, angery, anget, angrez, anguor, angwe, angyr, anigree, anjer, anter, Antero, anuer, Anuga, anwer, anzere, arger, awner, Egner, enge, enger, engery, Fagner, ingar, ingor, Nager, naget, nagir, naogar, Ongeri, sangar, unger, ungir, Wanger, zanger. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "anger" (pronounced a"ngger) |
| 3 | -ng g er | finger, fishmonger, forefinger, gangbanger, hunger, linger, longer, monger, warmonger, younger. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: range, regna. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-g-n-r" | |
-1 letter: ager, earn, gaen, gane, gear, gnar, gran, near, rage, rang. | |
-2 letters: age, ane, are, ear, eng, era, erg, ern, gae, gan, gar, gen, nae, nag, rag, ran, reg. | |
-3 letters: ae, ag, an, ar, en, er, na, ne, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-g-n-r" | |
+1 letter: anergy, angers, angler, argent, banger, danger, earing, engram, enrage, gainer, gander, ganger, garden, garner, garnet, genera, german, gnawer, graben, grange, graven, hanger, manger, nagger, onager, orange, ragmen, ranged, ranger, ranges, reagin, regain, regina, regnal, rehang, sanger. | |
+2 letters: acrogen, agentry, aginner, aligner, anergia, anergic, angered, angerly, anglers, angrier, argents, arrange, avenger, bangers, bearing, begroan, carnage, changer, clanger, dangers, dangler, deraign, derange, dragnet, earings, earning, earring, engager, engraft, engrail, engrain, engrams, engrave, enlarge, enraged, enrages, erasing, fearing, flanger, gainers, ganders, gangers, gangrel, gardens, garment, garners, garnets, gaunter, gearing, general, germane, germans, germina, glancer, gleaner, gnarled, gnarred, gnawers, grabens, gradine, grained, grainer, grandee, grander, granger, granges, granite, grannie, granted, grantee, granter, granule, grapnel, gratine, greaten, grenade, groaned, groaner, hangers, hearing, ingrate, jangler, langrel, manager, mangers, mangier, mangler, marengo, margent, naggers, naggier, nargile, nearing, negater, negator, onagers, oranges, orangey, oregano, pranged, rangers, rangier, reading, reagent, reagins, realign, reaming, reaping, rearing, reaving, rebegan, regains, reginae, reginal, reginas, regnant, regrant, rehangs, sangers, searing, seringa, strange, tanager, tangier, tangler, tearing, trepang, twanger, uneager, vinegar, wagoner, wangler, wearing, wrangle, zingare. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
