Meanings
anger1
nounanger (countable and uncountable, plural angers)
plural angers
- countableuncountableA strong and unpleasant feeling of displeasure, hostility, or antagonism, usually combined with an urge to yell, curse, damage or destroy things, or harm living beings, often stemming from perceived provocation, hurt, threat, insults, unfair or unjust treatment, or an undesired situation.
vent one's anger
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relieve one's anger
manage one's anger
soothe one's anger
show one's anger
do something in anger
- countableobsoleteuncountablePain or stinging.
It heals the Wounds that Sin hath made; and takes away the Anger of the Sore; […]
1660, Simon Patrick, Mensa mystica, published 1717, page 3221 more example
I immediately made the Experiment, ſetting the Moxa where the firſt Violence of my Pain began, which was the Joint of the great Toe, and where the greateſt Anger and Soreneſs ſtill continued, [...]
1679, William Temple, “An Essay upon the Cure of Gout by Moxa. […]”, in Miscellanea. […], London: […] A. M. and R. R. for Edw[ard] Gellibrand, […], →OCLC, page 209
verbanger (third-person singular simple present angers, present participle angering, simple past and past participle angered)
present singular third person angers · participle present angering · participle past angered · past angered
- transitiveTo cause such a feeling of antagonism in.
He who angers you conquers you.
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“Poetling, fret thyself not! / I will not one tittle imperil / Thy sorry cockboat; / Nor yet thy poor dear life will I harass / With over-hazardous tossings. / For thou, little poet, ne’er angeredst me; / Thou hast me no least little pinnacle harmed / Of Priamus’ sacrosanct stronghold; / Nor even the least little lash hast thou singed / Of the eye of my son Polyphemus; / And thee with her counsels protected hath ne’er / The Goddess of Wisdom, Pallas Athené.”
1911, Heinrich Heine, translated by John Payne, The Poetical Works of Heinrich Heine: Now First Completely Rendered into English Verse, in Accordance with the Original Forms, volume one, Villon Society, page 176President Donald Trump’s offer to most federal employees to resign now and be paid through September stunned the workers who received it – angering some, confusing many and raising questions about whether the offer is even legal.
2025 February 1, Tami Luhby, Eric Bradner and Rene Marsh, “Federal employees confused, angered by Trump’s offer to quit”, in CNNSynonyms: enrage, infuriate, annoy, vex, grill, displease, aggravate, irritate
Anger2
proper noun
- A surname from French or German.
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo cause such a feeling of antagonism in.
Opposite
More synonyms by meaning
nouna strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance
Broader
nounbelligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins)
Broader
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Old Norseangra
- Middle Englishangren
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂enǵʰ-“narrow, tied together”
- Proto-Germanic*angazaz“grief, sorrow”
- Old Norseangr
- Middle Englishanger“grief, pain, trouble, affliction, vexation, sorrow, wrath”
- Englishanger
From Middle English anger (“grief, pain, trouble, affliction, vexation, sorrow, wrath”), from Old Norse angr, ǫngr (“affliction, sorrow”) (compare Old Norse ang, ǫng (“troubled”)), from Proto-Germanic *angazaz (“grief, sorrow”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰ- (“narrow, tied together”). Cognate with Danish anger (“regret, remorse”), Norwegian Bokmål 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”), angor (“strangulation; anguish, torment”) (whence the English doublet angor), French angoisse, Albanian ang (“fear, anxiety, pain, nightmare”), Avestan 𐬄𐬰𐬀𐬵 (ązah, “strangulation; distress”), Ancient Greek ἄγχω (ánkhō, “to squeeze, strangle”), Sanskrit अंहस् (aṃhas), अंहु (aṃhu, “anxiety, distress, affliction”, literally “narrowness”). Also compare with English anguish, anxious, quinsy, and perhaps to awe and ugly. The word seems to have originally meant “to choke, squeeze”. The verb is from Middle English angren, angeren, from Old Norse angra. Compare with Icelandic angra, Norwegian Nynorsk angra, Norwegian Bokmål angre, Swedish ångra, Danish angre.
More words from Middle English, Old Norse, Proto-Germanic
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans drif, toorn
- drifstrong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
- toornstrong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
- kwaadheidstrong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
Ancient Greek ὀργή, ὀργίζω
- ὀργή (orgḗ)strong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
- ὀργίζω (orgízō)to cause such a feeling of antagonism
- χολόω (kholóō)to cause such a feeling of antagonism
- ὀργίζομαι (orgízomai)to become angry
Arabic غَضَب, أَغْضَبَ
- غَضَب (ḡaḍab)strong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
- أَغْضَبَ (ʔaḡḍaba)to cause such a feeling of antagonism
- غَضِبَ (ḡaḍiba)to become angry
Basque haserre
- haserrestrong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
Bengali রাগ, রাগ করা
- রাগ (rag)strong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
- রাগ করা (rag kora)to become angry
- রেগে যাওয়া (rege jaōẇa)to become angry
Bulgarian гняв, яд
- гняв (gnjav)strong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
- яд (jad)strong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
- ядосвам (jadosvam)to cause such a feeling of antagonism
- разгневявам (razgnevjavam)to cause such a feeling of antagonism
Catalan ira, còlera
- irastrong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
- còlerastrong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
- ràbiastrong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
- enuigstrong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
- enfadarto cause such a feeling of antagonism
- enutjarto cause such a feeling of antagonism
- cabrejarto cause such a feeling of antagonism
- enfadar-seto become angry
Chinese Mandarin 發怒 /发怒, 忿怒
- 發怒 /发怒 (fānù)strong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
- 忿怒 (fènnù)strong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
- 火氣 /火气 (huǒqì)strong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
- 怒氣 /怒气 (nùqì)strong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
- 激怒 (jīnù)to cause such a feeling of antagonism
- 生气 (shēngqì)to become angry
Czech vztek, hněv
- vztekstrong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
- hněvstrong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
- zloststrong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
- rozzlobitto cause such a feeling of antagonism
Danish vrede
- vredestrong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
Dutch boosheid, woede
- boosheidstrong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
- woedestrong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
- boos makento cause such a feeling of antagonism
- kwaad wordento become angry
- boos wordento become angry
Esperanto kolero, kolerigib
- kolerostrong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
- kolerigibto cause such a feeling of antagonism
- koleriĝibto become angry
Estonian viha
- vihastrong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
Finnish viha, suuttumus
- vihastrong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
- suuttumusstrong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
- saada vihaiseksito cause such a feeling of antagonism
- suututtaato cause such a feeling of antagonism
- vihastuato become angry
- suuttuato become angry
French colère, ire
- colèrestrong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
- irestrong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
- courrouxstrong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
- ragestrong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
- fureurstrong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
- mettre en colèreto cause such a feeling of antagonism
- fâcherto cause such a feeling of antagonism
- encolérerto cause such a feeling of antagonism
- se mettre en colèreto become angry
German Ärger, Zorn
- Ärgerstrong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
- Zornstrong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
- Wutstrong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
- Grollstrong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
- Ingrimmstrong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
- Grimmstrong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
- Furorstrong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
- Jähzornstrong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
- ärgernto cause such a feeling of antagonism
- zornig werdento become angry
- wütend werdento become angry
Greek οργή, θυμός
- οργή (orgí)strong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
- θυμός (thymós)strong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
- τσαντίλα (tsantíla)strong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
- θυμώνω (thymóno)to cause such a feeling of antagonism
Hebrew כַּעַס, הִכְעִיס
- כַּעַס (kā‘ās)strong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
- הִכְעִיס (hikhʿís)to cause such a feeling of antagonism
- הרגיז (hirgíz)to cause such a feeling of antagonism
- כָּעַס (kaʿás)to become angry
Hindi क्रोध, ग़ुस्सा
- क्रोध (krodh)strong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
- ग़ुस्सा (ġussā)strong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
Hungarian harag, düh
- haragstrong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
- dühstrong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
- dühítto cause such a feeling of antagonism
- feldühítto cause such a feeling of antagonism
- feldühödikto become angry
- bedühödikto become angry
Icelandic reiði, gera reiðan
- reiðistrong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
- gera reiðanto cause such a feeling of antagonism
- reita til reiðito cause such a feeling of antagonism
- reiðastto become angry
Indonesian amarah
- amarahstrong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
Irish fearg, corraí
- feargstrong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
- corraístrong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
Italian ira, rabbia
- irastrong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
- rabbiastrong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
- collerastrong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
- far arrabbiareto cause such a feeling of antagonism
- far adirareto cause such a feeling of antagonism
- muovere a irato cause such a feeling of antagonism
- adirareto cause such a feeling of antagonism
- arrabbiarsito become angry
- adirarsito become angry
- muoversi a irato become angry
Japanese 怒り, 忿怒
- 怒り (ikari)strong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
- 忿怒strong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
- 怒気 (doki)strong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
- おこらせるto cause such a feeling of antagonism
- 怒る (okoru)to become angry
Korean 성, 분노
- 성 (seong)strong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
- 분노 (bunno)strong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
- 화 (hwa)strong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
- 화나게 하다 (hwanage hada)to cause such a feeling of antagonism
- 화나다 (hwanada)to become angry
Latin īra, faciō īrātus
- īrastrong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
- faciō īrātusto cause such a feeling of antagonism
- irrītōto cause such a feeling of antagonism
- exacerbōto cause such a feeling of antagonism
- īrāscorto become angry
Latvian piktums, dusmas
- piktumsstrong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
- dusmasstrong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
- piktotiesto cause such a feeling of antagonism
Lithuanian pyktis
- pyktisstrong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
Malay kemarahan
- kemarahanstrong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
Māori whakatuma, hīnawanawa
- whakatumastrong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
- hīnawanawastrong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
- hīkakastrong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
Norwegian sinne
- sinnestrong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
Persian خشم, غضب
- خشم (xašm)strong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
- غضب (ġazab)strong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
Polish złość, gniew
- złośćstrong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
- gniewstrong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
- wkurwstrong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
- złościćto cause such a feeling of antagonism
- złościć sięto become angry
- gniewać sięto become angry
Portuguese raiva, ira
- raivastrong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
- irastrong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
- irarto cause such a feeling of antagonism
- enraivecerto cause such a feeling of antagonism
- encolerizarto cause such a feeling of antagonism
- enraivecerto become angry
Romanian furie, mânie
- furiestrong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
- mâniestrong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
- enervarestrong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
- se înfuriato become angry
- se enervato become angry
Russian гнев, злость
- гнев (gnev)strong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
- злость (zlostʹ)strong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
- зло́ба (zlóba)strong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
- злить (zlitʹ)to cause such a feeling of antagonism
- серди́ть (serdítʹ)to cause such a feeling of antagonism
- гневи́ть (gnevítʹ)to cause such a feeling of antagonism
- серди́ться (serdítʹsja)to become angry
- рассерди́ться (rasserdítʹsja)to become angry
- зли́ться (zlítʹsja)to become angry
- разозли́ться (razozlítʹsja)to become angry
- гне́ваться (gnévatʹsja)to become angry
- разгне́ваться (razgnévatʹsja)to become angry
Scottish Gaelic fearg, corraich
- feargstrong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
- corraichstrong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
Slovak hnev, zlosť
- hnevstrong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
- zlosťstrong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
Spanish enfado, enojo
- enfadostrong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
- enojostrong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
- cólerastrong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
- enojarto cause such a feeling of antagonism
- enconarto cause such a feeling of antagonism
- enviscarto cause such a feeling of antagonism
- enfadarto cause such a feeling of antagonism
- sacar de quicioto cause such a feeling of antagonism
- enrabiarto cause such a feeling of antagonism
- desquiciarto cause such a feeling of antagonism
- enfurecerto cause such a feeling of antagonism
- encorajinarto cause such a feeling of antagonism
- encolerizarto cause such a feeling of antagonism
- enrabietarto cause such a feeling of antagonism
- enojarseto become angry
Swahili hasira, hamaki
- hasirastrong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
- hamakistrong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
Swedish ilska, vrede
- ilskastrong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
- vredestrong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
- förargato cause such a feeling of antagonism
- förilskato cause such a feeling of antagonism
Tagalog galit
- galitstrong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
Tamil கோபம், கோபி
- கோபம் (kōpam)strong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
- கோபி (kōpi)to become angry
Thai วิโรธ
- วิโรธ (wí-rôot)strong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
Turkish öfke, kızgınlık
- öfkestrong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
- kızgınlıkstrong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
- hiddetstrong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
- kızdırmakto cause such a feeling of antagonism
- öfkelendirmekto cause such a feeling of antagonism
- sinirlendirmekto cause such a feeling of antagonism
- kızmakto become angry
- sinirlenmekto become angry
- öfkelenmekto become angry
Ukrainian гнів, злість
- гнів (hniv)strong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
- злість (zlistʹ)strong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
Urdu غصہ, خشم
- غصہ (ġussā)strong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
- خشم (xaśm)strong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
- طیش (taiś)strong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
Vietnamese mối giận, sự tức giận
- mối giậnstrong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
- sự tức giậnstrong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
- làm ai tức giậnto cause such a feeling of antagonism
- nổi giậnto become angry
Welsh bâr
- bârstrong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
Yiddish רוגז, רוגזה
- רוגז (roygez)strong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
- רוגזה (rugze)strong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
- ירגזון (yirgozn)strong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
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