Synonyms for dander

Grammar : Noun

Spell : dan-der

Phonetic Transcription : ˈdæn dər

Définition 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

Antonyms for dander

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