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Noun: anger  ang-gu(r)
  1. A strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance
    "His anger at the injustice was palpable";
    - choler, ire
     
  2. The state of being angry
    "Her anger at the unfair treatment was evident in her tone of voice";
    - angriness
     
  3. Belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins)
    "Her anger at the injustice was palpable";
    - wrath, ire
Verb: anger  ang-gu(r)
  1. Provoke or trigger anger in someone else
    "The news angered him"
     
  2. Become angry
    "He angers easily";
    - see red [informal]

Derived forms: angering, angered, angers

Type of: arouse, deadly sin, elicit, emotion, emotional arousal, enkindle [literary], evoke, experience, feel, kindle, mortal sin, provoke, raise

Encyclopedia: Anger, Frank