Antonyms for choler


Grammar : Noun
Spell : kol-er
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɒl ər


Definition of choler

Origin :
  • late 14c., "bile," as one of the humors, supposed to cause irascibility or temper, from Old French colere "bile, anger," from Late Latin cholera "bile" (see cholera).
  • noun wrath
Example sentences :
  • Only there is my own choler, which overwhelms me; I fret that I cannot live for a moment happy.
  • Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola
  • I am not a patient man, and I am even indiscreet in moments of choler.
  • Extract from : « The Suitors of Yvonne » by Raphael Sabatini
  • In his sudden access of choler he forgot his colleagues altogether.
  • Extract from : « Mistress Wilding » by Rafael Sabatini
  • At this the grief and choler of Alcides blazed forth dark and infuriate.
  • Extract from : « The Aeneid of Virgil » by Virgil
  • “What an unfounded assertion,” exclaimed that gentleman in choler.
  • Extract from : « The Shadow of Ashlydyat » by Mrs. Henry Wood
  • I laugh in remembrance of his choler, and am proud of it now.
  • Extract from : « Tenting on the Plains » by Elizabeth B. Custer
  • They aunswer againe in choler: "Let him come feele my pulse."
  • Extract from : « A Renaissance Courtesy-book » by Giovanni Della Casa
  • It was evident that his choler against Mackwith had risen again.
  • Extract from : « A Case in Camera » by Oliver Onions
  • Let melancholy rule supreme, Choler preside, or blood, or phlegm.
  • Extract from : « The Battle of the Books » by Jonathan Swift
  • Choler is hot and dry, begotten of the hotter parts of the chylus.
  • Extract from : « The English Novel » by Sidney Lanier

Synonyms for choler

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