NOUN | feeling | choler, irritability, crossness, fretfulness, fussiness, peevishness, petulance | an irritable petulant feeling |
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feeling | choler, anger, ire | a strong emotion | |
body | choler, yellow bile | a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the liver and to cause irritability and anger / anger |
Meaning | An irritable petulant feeling. | |
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Synonyms | irritability, crossness, fretfulness, fussiness, peevishness, petulance | |
Narrower | pet | A fit of petulance or sulkiness (especially at what is felt to be a slight) |
testiness, touchiness, tetchiness | Feeling easily irritated | |
Broader | ill humor, ill humour, distemper | An angry and disagreeable mood |
Spanish | cólera, furia | |
Catalan | còlera, fúria |
Meaning | A strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance. | |
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Synonyms | anger, ire | |
Narrower | annoyance, chafe, vexation | anger produced by some annoying irritation |
bad temper, ill temper | A persisting angry mood | |
dander, hackles | A feeling of anger and animosity | |
fury, rage, madness | A feeling of intense anger | |
huffiness | A passing state of anger and resentment | |
indignation, outrage | A feeling of righteous anger | |
infuriation, enragement | A feeling of intense anger | |
umbrage, offense, offence | A feeling of anger caused by being offended | |
Broader | emotion | Any strong feeling |
Spanish | bravura, cólera, enfado, enojo, ira, rabia | |
Catalan | còlera, enuig, ira | |
Adjectives | choleric | characterized by anger |
choleric | quickly aroused to anger | |
choleric | easily moved to anger |
Meaning | A humor that was once believed to be secreted by the liver and to cause irritability and anger / anger. | |
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Synonym | yellow bile | |
Broader | liquid body substance, bodily fluid, body fluid, humor, humour | The liquid parts of the body |
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