Synonyms for anger
- verb
- noun
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Outrage — to cause such a feeling of antagonism in
outrage, provoke, inflame, infuriate, enrage, rile, displease, upset, irritate, vex, incense, exasperate, burn up, aggravate, offend, pique, affront, annoy, madden, chafe, nettle, grill
Noun
1. Rage
rage, resentment, wrath, fury, indignation, ire, displeasure, animosity, temper, exasperation, vexation, bile, spleen, irritation, grudge, umbrage, choler, gall, apoplexy informal, dudgeon, dander slang
Other
angriness rare
Definitions
- v. 1
To cause such a feeling of antagonism in.
He who angers you conquers you.
- v. 2
To become angry.
- n. 1
A 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.
You need to control your anger.
Related words
- Word family
- angerful angerless angersome angry anguish angeringly
- Phrases
- anger balloon anger bubble anger room
- Is a kind of
- emotion passion
Choose the right word
Choler and ire, now rare except in poetic or highly rhetorical language, denote a still, and the latter a persistent, anger. Temper used alone in the sense of anger is colloquial, tho we may correctly say a hot temper, a fiery temper, etc.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- outrage The illegal dump in the park is a source of outrage.
- infuriate Sami's behavior started to infuriate Layla.
- enrage Don't do it, please. It could enrage Tom even more.
By length
- 3 letters
- ire1, vex1
- 4 letters
- rage1, fury2, gall1, bile1, rile1
- 5 letters
- upset2, grill1, wrath1, flare1, annoy2, pique1, chafe1
- 6 letters
- temper2, offend2, madden2, grudge1, spleen1, nettle2, enrage2, dander, choler
- 7 letters
- outrage2, provoke2, incense2, affront2, bristle2, inflame2, umbrage2, dudgeon2
- 8 letters
- irritate3, apoplexy4, vexation
- 9 letters
- animosity5, aggravate3, infuriate4, displease2, angriness3
- 10 letters
- resentment3, irritation4, exasperate4
- 11 letters
- indignation4, displeasure3
- 12 letters
- exasperation5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (fury2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- fâcher
- Italiano
- irritare
- Español
- enfadar
- Deutsch
- verärgern
- Català
- fastiguejar