Antonyms for anger
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : ang-ger |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈæŋ gər |
- agreeability
- aid
- alleviate
- appease
- assist
- be happy
- bore
- calm
- calmness
- cheer
- comfort
- compose
- contentment
- delight
- discourage
- ease
- enjoyment
- forbear
- glee
- good nature
- good will
- happiness
- help
- joy
- kindness
- liking
- love
- lull
- make happy
- mollify
- pacify
- peace
- placate
- pleasantness
- please
- pleasure
- quiet
- soothe
- tranquilize
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
- 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
- acerbate
- acrimony
- affront
- aggravate
- agitate
- animosity
- annoy
- annoyance
- antagonism
- antagonize
- arouse
- bait
- blow up
- boil
- boil over
- bristle
- burn
- burn up
- cat fit
- chafe
- chagrin
- choler
- conniption
- craze
- cross
- dander
- disapprobation
- displease
- displeasure
- distemper
- egg on
- embitter
- enmity
- enrage
- exacerbate
- exasperate
- exasperation
- excite
- fret
- fury
- gall
- get mad
- get on one's nerves
- goad
- hatred
- hissy fit
- huff
- ill humor
- ill temper
- impatience
- incense
- indignation
- inflame
- infuriate
- infuriation
- irascibility
- ire
- irritability
- irritate
- irritation
- lose one's temper
- mad
- madden
- make sore
- miff
- nettle
- offend
- outrage
- passion
- peevishness
- petulance
- pique
- provoke
- rage
- raise hell
- rankle
- rankling
- rant
- rave
- resentment
- rile
- ruffle
- seethe
- slow burn
- soreness
- steam up
- stew
- stir up
- storm
- tantrum
- temper
- tempt
- tiff
- umbrage
- vex
- vexation
- violence
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