anger
noun
[ ˈaŋɡə ]
• a strong feeling of annoyance, displeasure, or hostility.
• "the colonel's anger at his daughter's disobedience"
Similar:
annoyance,
vexation,
exasperation,
crossness,
irritation,
irritability,
indignation,
pique,
displeasure,
resentment,
rage,
fury,
wrath,
outrage,
temper,
road rage,
air rage,
irascibility,
ill temper,
dyspepsia,
spleen,
ill humour,
tetchiness,
testiness,
waspishness,
aggravation,
ire,
choler,
bile,
anger
verb
• fill (someone) with anger; provoke anger in.
• "she was angered by his terse answer"
Similar:
annoy,
irritate,
exasperate,
irk,
vex,
put out,
provoke,
pique,
gall,
displease,
enrage,
incense,
infuriate,
madden,
inflame,
antagonize,
make someone's blood boil,
make someone's hackles rise,
rub up the wrong way,
ruffle someone's feathers,
ruffle,
peeve,
drive mad/crazy,
drive up the wall,
make someone see red,
get someone's back up,
get someone's dander up,
get someone's goat,
get under someone's skin,
rattle someone's cage,
aggravate,
get someone,
needle,
bug,
nettle,
rile,
miff,
hack off,
wind up,
get at,
nark,
get across,
get on someone's wick,
get up someone's nose,
tee off,
tick off,
burn up,
gravel,
give someone the pip,
empurple,
piss off,
Origin:
Middle English: from Old Norse angr ‘grief’, angra ‘vex’. The original use was in the Old Norse senses; current senses date from late Middle English.
