anger
Pronunciation: /ˈanɡər/
“anger” is a Middle English word. Its 5 meanings in English:
noun
- Grief, painfulness, or discomfort; a feeling of pain or sadness.
- A trouble, affliction, or vexation; something that inflicts pain or hardship.
- Angriness, ire; the state of being angry, enraged, or wrathful.
- Indignation, spitefulness; the feeling of being wronged or treated unfairly.
- Irritableness; the state of being in a foul mood.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Norse angr, from Proto-Germanic *angazaz.
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