anger
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Middle English anger (“grief, pain, trouble, affliction, vexation, sorrow, wrath”), from Old Norse angr, ǫngr (“affliction, sorrow”), from ang, ǫng (“troubled”), from Proto-Germanic *anguz, *angwuz (“narrow, strait”), from Proto-Indo-European *amǵʰ- (“narrow, tied together”). Cognate with Danish anger (“regret, remorse”), Swedish ånger (“regret”), Icelandic angur (“trouble”), Old English ange, enge (“narrow, close, straitened, constrained, confined, vexed, troubled, sorrowful, anxious, oppressive, severe, painful, cruel”), German Angst (“anxiety, anguish, fear”), Latin angō (“squeeze, choke, vex”), Albanian ang (“fear, anxiety, pain, nightmare”), Ancient Greek ἄγχω (ankhō, “I squeeze, strangle”), Sanskrit अंहु (aṃhu, “anxiety, distress”). Also compare anguish, anxious, quinsy, and perhaps to awe and ugly. The word seems to have originally meant “to choke, squeeze”.[1]
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
anger (uncountable)
- A strong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something, usually combined with an urge to harm.
- You need to control your anger.
- (obsolete) Pain or stinging.
- 1660, Simon Patrick, Mensa mystica, published 1717, page 322:
- It heals the Wounds that Sin hath made; and takes away the Anger of the Sore; […]
- 1660, Simon Patrick, Mensa mystica, published 1717, page 322:
Synonyms [edit]
- (strong feeling of antagonism):
- See also Wikisaurus:anger
Derived terms [edit]
Related terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
A strong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
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Verb [edit]
anger (third-person singular simple present angers, present participle angering, simple past and past participle angered)
- (transitive) To cause such a feeling of antagonism.
- Don't anger me.
- (intransitive) To become angry.
- You anger too easily.
Synonyms [edit]
- (to cause anger): enrage, infuriate; annoy, vex, grill, displease; aggravate, irritate
- (to become angry): get angry (see angry for more)
Translations [edit]
to cause such a feeling of antagonism
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to become angry
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References [edit]
- anger in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- Notes:
- ^ anger in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
Anagrams [edit]
Norwegian [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old Norse angr.
Noun [edit]
anger (definite singular Bokmål: angeren m; Nynorsk: angeren m; uncountable)
Derived terms [edit]
Compounds [edit]
References [edit]
- “anger” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary – Dokumentasjonsprosjektet.
Swedish [edit]
Verb [edit]
anger
- present tense of ange.
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- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from Old Norse
- English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English nouns
- English terms with obsolete senses
- English verbs
- en:Emotions
- Norwegian terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian nouns
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