Anger Definition, Examples & Usage Guide

Meaning 1：intense displeasure (anger)

anger 🔊

/ˈæŋɡər/

a very strong feeling of being mad, upset, or annoyed, usually because something unfair or bad has happened.

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intense displeasure 🔊

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/ɪnˈtɛns dɪsˈplɛʒər/

A powerful emotional response characterized by antagonism toward someone or something perceived as deliberately harmful or unfair.

📁 Category：Physical & Mental Health 🔖 Level：elementary

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Root Explanation

From Old Norse 'angr' meaning grief; related to Old English 'enge' (narrow).

💡 Mnemonic

Imagine a red-hot 'anger' coal in your stomach — it burns when you're furious.

📖 Example

Seeing his brother break his favorite toy, the child's face turned red with anger. 🔊 Seeing his brother break his favorite toy, the child's face turned red with anger.

🔗 Collocations

anger management – techniques or therapy to control one's anger

deep anger – a very strong and profound feeling of anger

suppress anger – to hold back or repress angry emotions

🔄 Synonyms

rage (n.) – violent and uncontrolled anger

fury (n.) – wild and intense anger

wrath (n.) – formal or literary term for extreme anger

🚫 Antonyms

calmness (n.) – state of being free from anger or agitation

peace (n.) – a state of tranquility and absence of anger

serenity (n.) – the quality of being calm and peaceful

🌱 Derivatives

angry (adj.) – feeling or showing anger

angrily (adv.) – in an angry manner

angerless (adj.) – without anger (rare)

📖 Cultural Story

From Old Norse 'angr' (grief) through Middle English; 'anger' is one of the seven deadly sins in Christian theology.