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Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : ang-ger
Phonetic Transcription : ˈæŋ gər



Definition of anger

Origin :
  • c.1200, "to irritate, annoy, provoke," from Old Norse angra "to grieve, vex, distress; to be vexed at, take offense with," from Proto-Germanic *angus (cf. Old English enge "narrow, painful," Middle Dutch enghe, Gothic aggwus "narrow"), from PIE root *angh- "tight, painfully constricted, painful" (cf. Sanskrit amhu- "narrow," amhah "anguish;" Armenian anjuk "narrow;" Lithuanian ankstas "narrow;" Greek ankhein "to squeeze," ankhone "a strangling;" Latin angere "to throttle, torment;" Old Irish cum-ang "straitness, want"). In Middle English, also of physical pain. Meaning "excite to wrath, make angry" is from late 14c. Related: Angered; angering.
  • noun state of being mad, annoyed
  • verb make someone mad; become mad
Example sentences :
  • Anger contracted the face of Henry Allister; he nodded gravely.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • She looked with concern and anger upon me—No compliance, I find!
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • I replied, that her pleasantry was much more agreeable than her anger.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • It was out of this anger, oddly enough, that the memory of the girl came to him.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • Yet the effort she made, and with success, to restrain the show of her anger, was far from slight.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • Cornelius, leaving his mother, took refuge with his anger in his own room.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • "Hear me," he went on, in an agony of entreaty mingled with something like anger.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • It was not a wise thing to do, but her anger prevented her from seeing its impropriety.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • "You seek to force a quarrel, sir," said the young man, white with anger.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • Nevertheless, there was no anger in Dr. Ed's mind, only a vague and inarticulate regret.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

Synonyms for anger

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