anger
English
Etymology
Category:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#ANGERCategory:English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂enǵʰ-#ANGERFrom Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#ANGERCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#ANGER anger (“grief, pain, trouble, affliction, vexation, sorrow, wrath”), from Old NorseCategory:English terms derived from Old Norse#ANGER angr, ǫngr (“affliction, sorrow”) (compare Old Norse ang, ǫng (“troubled”)), from Proto-GermanicCategory:English terms derived from Proto-Germanic#ANGER *angazaz (“grief, sorrow”), from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#ANGER *h₂enǵʰ- (“narrow, tied together”).
Cognate with Danish anger (“regret, remorse”), Norwegian Bokmål anger (“regret, remorse”), Swedish ånger (“regret”), Icelandic angur (“trouble”), Old English ange, enge (“narrow, close, straitened, constrained, confined, vexed, troubled, sorrowful, anxious, oppressive, severe, painful, cruel”), German Angst (“anxiety, anguish, fear”), Latin angō (“squeeze, choke, vex”), angor (“strangulation; anguish, torment”) (whence the English doublet angorCategory:English doublets#ANGER), Albanian ang (“fear, anxiety, pain, nightmare”), Avestan 𐬄𐬰𐬀𐬵 (ązah, “strangulation; distress”), Ancient Greek ἄγχω (ánkhō, “to squeeze, strangle”), Sanskrit अंहस् (aṃhas), अंहु (aṃhu, “anxiety, distress, affliction”, literally “narrowness”). Also compare with English anguish, anxious, quinsy, and perhaps to awe and ugly. The word seems to have originally meant “to choke, squeeze”.[1]
The verb is from Middle EnglishCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#ANGER angren, angeren, from Old NorseCategory:English terms derived from Old Norse#ANGER angra. Compare with Icelandic angra, Norwegian Nynorsk angra, Norwegian Bokmål angre, Swedish ångra, Danish angre.
Pronunciation
- (non-rhotic)
- (rhotic)
- (General American)
- (without æ-raising) IPA(key): /ˈæŋɡɚ/, [ˈæŋɡɚ] ~ [ˈæŋɡɹ̩]Category:English 2-syllable words#ANGERCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#ANGER
- (æ-raising) IPA(key): /ˈeɪ̯ŋɡɚ/, [ˈeɪ̯ŋɡɚ] ~ [ˈeɪ̯ŋɡɚ]; /ˈɛ̃ŋɡɚ/, [ˈɛ̃ŋɡɚ] ~ [ˈɛ̃ŋɡɹ̩]Category:English 2-syllable words#ANGERCategory:English 2-syllable words#ANGERCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#ANGER
- (General American)
- Rhymes: -æŋɡə(ɹ)Category:Rhymes:English/æŋɡə(ɹ)#ANGERCategory:Rhymes:English/æŋɡə(ɹ)/2 syllables#ANGER
- Hyphenation: an‧ger
Noun
anger (countable and uncountable, plural angers)Category:English lemmas#ANGERCategory:English nouns#ANGERCategory:English uncountable nouns#ANGERCategory:English countable nouns#ANGERCategory:English countable nouns#ANGERCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#ANGERCategory:Pages with entries#ANGERCategory:Pages with 7 entries#ANGER
- 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.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:anger
- vent one's angerCategory:English terms with collocations#ANGER
- relieve one's angerCategory:English terms with collocations#ANGER
- manage one's angerCategory:English terms with collocations#ANGER
- soothe one's angerCategory:English terms with collocations#ANGER
- show one's angerCategory:English terms with collocations#ANGER
- do something in angerCategory:English terms with collocations#ANGER
- You need to control your anger.Category:English terms with usage examples#ANGER
- 2013 June 28, Joris Luyendijk, “Our banks are out of control”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 3, page 21:
- Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […]. Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. When a series of bank failures made this impossible, there was widespread anger, leading to the public humiliation of symbolic figures.Category:English terms with quotations#ANGER
- (obsoleteCategory:English terms with obsolete senses#ANGER) Pain or stinging.
- 1660, Simon Patrick, Mensa mystica, published 1717, page 322:
- It heals the Wounds that Sin hath made; and takes away the Anger of the Sore; […]Category:English terms with quotations#ANGER
- 1679, William Temple, “An Essay upon the Cure of Gout by Moxa. […]”, in Miscellanea. […], London: […] A. M. and R. R. for Edw[ard] Gellibrand, […], →OCLC, page 209:
- I immediately made the Experiment, ſetting the Moxa where the firſt Violence of my Pain began, which was the Joint of the great Toe, and where the greateſt Anger and Soreneſs ſtill continued, [...]Category:English terms with quotations#ANGER
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Verb
anger (third-person singular simple present angers, present participle angering, simple past and past participle angered)Category:English lemmas#ANGERCategory:English verbs#ANGERCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#ANGERCategory:Pages with entries#ANGERCategory:Pages with 7 entries#ANGER
- (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#ANGER) To cause such a feeling of antagonism in.
- Synonyms: enrage, infuriate, annoy, vex, grill, displease, aggravate, irritate
- He who angers you conquers you.Category:English terms with usage examples#ANGER
- 1911, Heinrich Heine, translated by John Payne, The Poetical Works of Heinrich Heine: Now First Completely Rendered into English Verse, in Accordance with the Original Forms, volume one, Villon Society, page 176:
- “Poetling, fret thyself not! / I will not one tittle imperil / Thy sorry cockboat; / Nor yet thy poor dear life will I harass / With over-hazardous tossings. / For thou, little poet, ne’er angeredst me; / Thou hast me no least little pinnacle harmed / Of Priamus’ sacrosanct stronghold; / Nor even the least little lash hast thou singed / Of the eye of my son Polyphemus; / And thee with her counsels protected hath ne’er / The Goddess of Wisdom, Pallas Athené.”Category:English terms with quotations#ANGER
- 2025 February 1, Tami Luhby, Eric Bradner and Rene Marsh, “Federal employees confused, angered by Trump’s offer to quit”, in CNN:
- President Donald Trump’s offer to most federal employees to resign now and be paid through September stunned the workers who received it – angering some, confusing many and raising questions about whether the offer is even legal.Category:English terms with quotations#ANGER
- (intransitiveCategory:English intransitive verbs#ANGER) To become angry.
- Synonyms: get angry (see angry for more), bristle, flare
- You anger too easily.Category:English terms with usage examples#ANGER
Derived terms
Translations
References
- “anger”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “anger”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
- ↑ “anger”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
Category:en:Anger#ANGERDanish
Etymology
From Old NorseCategory:Danish terms derived from Old Norse#ANGER angr.
Noun
anger c (singular definite angeren, not used in plural form)Category:Danish lemmas#ANGERCategory:Danish nouns#ANGERCategory:Danish entries with incorrect language header#ANGERCategory:Danish common-gender nouns#ANGERCategory:Pages with entries#ANGERCategory:Pages with 7 entries#ANGER
- regret, remorse, contrition
- Synonym: ruelse (“archaic”)
Declension
Derived terms
References
Finnish
Etymology 1
Related to standard ankerias.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑŋːer/, [ˈɑ̝ŋːe̞r]Category:Finnish 2-syllable words#ANGERCategory:Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation#ANGER
- Rhymes: -ɑŋːerCategory:Rhymes:Finnish/ɑŋːer#ANGERCategory:Rhymes:Finnish/ɑŋːer/2 syllables#ANGER
- Syllabification(key): an‧ger
- Hyphenation(key): an‧ger
Noun
angerCategory:Finnish lemmas#ANGERCategory:Finnish nouns#ANGERCategory:Finnish entries with incorrect language header#ANGERCategory:Pages with entries#ANGERCategory:Pages with 7 entries#ANGER (dialectalCategory:Finnish dialectal terms#ANGER, Eastern FinnishCategory:Eastern Finnish#ANGER)
- synonym of ankerias (“eel”)
Etymology 2
Related to standard angervo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑŋːer/, [ˈɑ̝ŋːe̞r]Category:Finnish 2-syllable words#ANGERCategory:Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation#ANGER
- Rhymes: -ɑŋːerCategory:Rhymes:Finnish/ɑŋːer#ANGERCategory:Rhymes:Finnish/ɑŋːer/2 syllables#ANGER
- Syllabification(key): an‧ger
- Hyphenation(key): an‧ger
Noun
angerCategory:Finnish lemmas#ANGERCategory:Finnish nouns#ANGERCategory:Finnish entries with incorrect language header#ANGERCategory:Pages with entries#ANGERCategory:Pages with 7 entries#ANGER (dialectalCategory:Finnish dialectal terms#ANGER, Eastern FinnishCategory:Eastern Finnish#ANGER)
- synonym of angervo (“plant of the genus Filipendula”)
References
- “anger”, in Suomen murteiden sanakirja [Dictionary of Finnish Dialects] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, incomplete, continuously updated), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten keskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2022, →ISSN.
Middle English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Old NorseCategory:Middle English terms borrowed from Old Norse#ANGERCategory:Middle English terms derived from Old Norse#ANGER angr, from Proto-GermanicCategory:Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic#ANGER *angazaz.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
angerCategory:Middle English lemmas#ANGERCategory:Middle English nouns#ANGERCategory:Middle English entries with incorrect language header#ANGERCategory:Pages with entries#ANGERCategory:Pages with 7 entries#ANGER (plural angers)
- 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.
- (rareCategory:Middle English terms with rare senses#ANGER) Irritableness; the state of being in a foul mood.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “anger, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 29 April 2019.
Etymology 2
Verb
angerCategory:Middle English alternative forms#ANGERCategory:Middle English entries with incorrect language header#ANGERCategory:Pages with entries#ANGERCategory:Pages with 7 entries#ANGER
- alternative form of angren
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old NorseCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Old Norse#ANGER angr.
Noun
anger m (definite singular angeren)Category:Norwegian Bokmål lemmas#ANGERCategory:Norwegian Bokmål nouns#ANGERCategory:Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header#ANGERCategory:Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns#ANGERCategory:Pages with entries#ANGERCategory:Pages with 7 entries#ANGER (uncountableCategory:Norwegian Bokmål uncountable nouns#ANGER)
Related terms
References
- “anger” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old NorseCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse#ANGER angr.
Noun
anger m (definite singular angeren)Category:Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas#ANGERCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk nouns#ANGERCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header#ANGERCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns#ANGERCategory:Pages with entries#ANGERCategory:Pages with 7 entries#ANGER (uncountableCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk uncountable nouns#ANGER)
Related terms
References
- “anger” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Verb
angerCategory:Swedish non-lemma forms#ANGERCategory:Swedish verb forms#ANGERCategory:Swedish entries with incorrect language header#ANGERCategory:Pages with entries#ANGERCategory:Pages with 7 entries#ANGER