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Webster 1913 Edition
Anger
An′ger
(aṉ′gẽr)
, Noun.
[OE.
anger
, angre
, affliction, anger, fr. Icel. angr
affliction, sorrow; akin to Dan. anger
regret, Swed. ånger
regret, AS. ange
oppressed, sad, L. angor
a strangling, anguish, angere
to strangle, Gr. ἄγχειν
to strangle, Skr. aṁhas
pain, and to E. anguish
, anxious
, quinsy
, and perh. awe
, ugly
. The word seems to have orig. meant to choke
, squeeze
. √3.] 1.
Trouble; vexation; also, physical pain or smart of a sore, etc.
[Obs.]
I made the experiment, setting the moxa where . . . the greatest
anger
and soreness still continued. Temple.
2.
A strong passion or emotion of displeasure or antagonism, excited by a real or supposed injury or insult to one’s self or others, or by the intent to do such injury.
Anger
is likeA full hot horse, who being allowed his way,
Self-mettle tires him.
Shakespeare
Syn. – Resentment; wrath; rage; fury; passion; ire gall; choler; indignation; displeasure; vexation; grudge; spleen.
–
Anger
, Indignation
, Resentment
, Wrath
, Ire
, Rage
, Fury
. Anger is a feeling of keen displeasure (usually with a desire to punish) for what we regard as wrong toward ourselves or others. It may be excessive or misplaced, but is not necessarily criminal. Indignation is a generous outburst of anger in view of things which are indigna, or unworthy to be done, involving what is mean, cruel, flagitious, etc., in character or conduct. Resentment is often a moody feeling, leading one to brood over his supposed personal wrongs with a deep and lasting anger. See Resentment
. Wrath and ire (the last poetical) express the feelings of one who is bitterly provoked. Rage is a vehement ebullition of anger; and fury is an excess of rage, amounting almost to madness. Warmth of constitution often gives rise to anger; a high sense of honor creates indignation at crime; a man of quick sensibilities is apt to cherish resentment; the wrath and ire of men are often connected with a haughty and vindictive spirit; rage and fury are distempers of the soul to be regarded only with abhorrence. An′ger
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Angered
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Angering
.] [Cf. Icel.
angra
.] 1.
To make painful; to cause to smart; to inflame.
[Obs.]
He . . .
angereth
malign ulcers. Bacon.
2.
To excite to anger; to enrage; to provoke.
Taxes and impositions . . . which rather
angered
than grieved the people. Clarendon.
Webster 1828 Edition
Anger
AN'GER
,Noun.
1.
A violent passion of the mind excited by a real or supposed injury; usually accompanied with a propensity to take vengeance, or to obtain satisfaction from the offending party. This passion however varies in degrees of violence, and in ingenuous minds, may be attended only with a desire to reprove or chide the offender.Anger is also excited by an injury offered to a relation, friend or party to which one is attached; and some degrees of it may be excited by cruelty, injustice or oppression offered to those with whom one has no immediate connection, or even to the community of which one is a member. Nor is it unusual to see something of this passion roused by gross absurdities in others, especially in controversy or discussion. Anger may be inflamed till it rises to rage and a temporary delirium.
2.
Paint; smart of a sore or swelling; the literal sense of the word, but little used.AN'GER
,Verb.
T.
1.
To excite anger; to provoke; to rouse resentment.2.
To make painful; to cause to smart; to inflame; as, to anger an ulcer.