an|ger

an|ger «ANG guhr», noun, verb.

–n.

1. the feeling one has toward something or someone that hurts, opposes, offends, or annoys; strong displeasure: »

In a moment of anger I hit my brother.

2. Dialect. a painful inflammation.

3. Obsolete. grief; trouble.

–v.t.

1. to make angry; arouse anger in: »

The boy's disobedience angered his father.

2. Dialect. to irritate or inflame (a sore or wound).

–v.i.

to become angry: »

He angers easily.

╂[< Scandinavian (compare Old Icelandic angr grief)]

Synonym Study noun. 1 Angerindignation, wrath mean the feeling of strong displeasure turned against anyone or anything that has hurt or wronged us or others. Anger is the general word for the emotion: »

He never speaks in anger.

Indignation, more formal, means intense anger mixed with scorn, caused by something mean or base and therefore often justified: »

The atrocity caused widespread indignation.

Wrath, a formal word, means great anger or indignation accompanied by a desire to punish: »

the wrath of Achilles. to provoke the wrath of God.