anger

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Related terms 1.3.4 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Synonyms 1.4.2 Translations 1.5 References 2 Norwegian 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Derived terms 2.2.2 Compounds 2.3 References 3 Swedish 3.1 Verb

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Old Norse angr (“‘affliction, sorrow’”), from ang (“‘troubled’”). Cognates include Danish anger (“‘regret’”), Swedish ånger (“‘regret’”), Old English ange (“‘oppressed, sad’”), Latin angō (“‘squeeze, choke, vex’”), Ancient Greek ἄγχω (ankhō), “‘I squeeze, strangle’”), Sanskrit अंहु (aṃhu), “‘anxiety, distres’”). Also compare anguish, anxious, quinsy, and perhaps to awe and ugly. The word seems to have originally meant “to choke, squeeze”.^[1]

[edit] Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ˈæŋ.gɚ/

  Rhymes: -æŋɡə(r)

•  Audio (US)^{help, file}

[edit] Noun

anger (uncountable)

1. 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.

2. (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; […]

[edit] Synonyms

• (strong feeling of antagonism):
• See also Wikisaurus:anger

[edit] Derived terms

• angerful
• angerless
• angry
• anger management

[edit] Related terms

• anguish
• anxiety
• anxious

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[edit] Verb

to anger (third-person singular simple present angers, present participle angering, simple past and past participle angered)

1. (transitive) To cause such a feeling of antagonism.

   Don't anger me.

2. (intransitive) To become angry.

   You anger too easily.

[edit] Synonyms

• (to cause anger): enrage, infuriate; annoy, vex, displease; aggravate, irritate
• (to become angry): get angry (see “‘angry’” for more)

[edit] Translations

[edit] References

• anger in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

• Notes:

1. ^ anger in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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[edit] Norwegian

[edit] Etymology

From Old Norse angr

[edit] Noun

anger m. (definite singular angeren; indefinite plural angerer; definite plural angerene)

1. remorse

[edit] Derived terms

• angre

[edit] Compounds

• bondeanger

[edit] References

• anger entry Dokumentasjonsprosjektet

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[edit] Swedish

[edit] Verb

anger

1. present tense of ange