Antonyms for dander


Grammar : Noun
Spell : dan-der
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdæn dər


Definition of dander

Origin :
  • 1831, American English, "temper," of unknown origin; perhaps originally from figurative use of West Indies dander, dunder "fermentation of sugar," from Spanish redundar "to overflow," from Latin redundare (see redundant).
  • noun anger
Example sentences :
  • But you didn't ought to have your dander ris with me, Gen'ral.'
  • Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
  • They have a good deal of dander (dandruff) for sich little vipers!
  • Extract from : « Oak Openings » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • But whatever did you do to them, to get their dander up so bad, Giraffe?
  • Extract from : « The Boy Scouts Afoot in France » by Herbert Carter
  • But as this is our first interview, I must not let my dander rise.'
  • Extract from : « The Golden Butterfly » by Walter Besant
  • He's takkin a dander through the buryin' ground wi' Snecky Hobart.'
  • Extract from : « When a Man's Single » by J. M. Barrie
  • "Why, that are saddle," sez I, beginning to feel my dander rise.
  • Extract from : « Highlife in New York: a series of letters to Mr. Zephariah Slick, » by Ann S. Stephens
  • But one's dander gets up, and one doesn't like to be done, and so it goes on.
  • Extract from : « The Duke's Children » by Anthony Trollope
  • But "his dander was up," he says, and he thought no more, but acted.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 383, September 1847 » by Various
  • The Monroe doctrine was touched; and along with it the Yankee “dander.”
  • Extract from : « The Bandolero » by Mayne Reid
  • Celia: I will not, till I'll free it from the dust and dander of the year.
  • Extract from : « Three Wonder Plays » by Lady I. A. Gregory

Synonyms for dander

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