ANGER

Meaning of ANGER in English

I. noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

an explosion of anger

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The verdict was greeted by an explosion of public anger.

an expression of anger

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She tried to protect the children from his expressions of anger.

anger/confidence/tension/hope etc drains away

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Sally felt her anger drain away.

be beside yourself with anger/excitement/rage etc

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Mom and Dad will be beside themselves with worry.

be filled with horror/fear/anger/doubt/remorse

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Their faces were suddenly filled with fear.

burst of anger/enthusiasm/temper etc

defuse tension/anger etc

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The agreement was regarded as a means of defusing ethnic tensions.

excite anger

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The government's proposals have excited anger among teachers.

express anger

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Teachers have expressed anger at the government’s education reforms.

provoke anger/outrage

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His detention has provoked the anger of his supporters.

quake with fear/fright/anger etc

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Richmond was quaking with fury.

quiver with indignation/anger etc

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I lay there quivering with fear.

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His voice was quivering with rage.

sb’s face is contorted with anger/rage (= someone’s face is twisted out of its normal shape because they are angry )

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Eve’s face was contorted with anger as she picked up the broken vase.

shake with anger/fear etc

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He stood there shaking with anger.

stoke fear/anger/envy etc

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The scandal has stoked public outrage.

take your anger/frustration etc out on sb

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Irritated with herself, she took her annoyance out on Bridget.

tremble with anger/fear etc

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Greene was on his feet now, his body trembling with rage.

vents...anger

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If he’s had a bad day, Paul vents his anger on the family.

white with anger/fear etc

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Her voice shook, and her face was white with anger.

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

great

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A great flood of anger washed through Ellwood.

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A great anger filled King AEetes' heart as he listened.

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There was great anger in the parents' support group.

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After this comes a time of great anger and rage.

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There was the memory of past hurt - great hurt and anger .

public

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The barrage of public anger was intense, Mr Whitney returned to the backbenches not long afterwards.

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Intel was taken aback by the intensity of public anger .

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Food shortages would probably galvanise public anger into action, as would a complete collapse of the economy.

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His or her work must inevitably lie in an area where public anger , resentment and guilt are rife.

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The public anger is driven by more than just the graft scandals, however.

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Faced with public anger about the Gulf war, the royal autocrat did make some concessions.

righteous

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His anger at her rejection was the vicious, righteous anger of one who felt betrayed.

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Her righteous anger moved him, filled him with a weird sense of shame that jarred him.

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However, the milkman resolved not to let the fact that he had been back to sleep diminish his righteous anger .

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The great goddess Nemesis, which means righteous anger , undertook to bring this about.

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The unnatural but popular division between righteous and unrighteous anger can get many people in a theological and practical muddle.

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What most of us fear is the righteous anger of the under privileged.

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Yet how can you tell the precise grounds.of righteous or unrighteous anger ?

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A look of despair, of righteous anger came over his face.

■ VERB

arouse

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In Ionia, Pausanias' arrogance and lust for gold and women aroused widespread anger .

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Similarly the threat of a loss arouses anxiety and actual loss causes sorrow, while both situations are likely to arouse anger .

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Friendly fire is included; that's the euphemism which aroused such anger at the Gulf War inquest in Oxford this spring.

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They are fascinating and frightening; they arouse anger and they are defiant.

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This oppressive measure on the part of the authority aroused much anger among writers.

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Such arrogance always aroused the anger of the gods.

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Performed in Shiraz it aroused enormous anger and offence.

control

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She might not be able to control her anger with her for deceiving Steve so, but she would have to try.

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She was having difficulty in controlling aggressive outbursts of anger and would suddenly lash out and hit other children.

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Slowly her face reddened as she fought to control her anger and her tears.

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Sophie was the first to control her anger .

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Ondaatje shows the effects of war with a controlled , sad anger .

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Wishart rubbed his hands together, cracking his knuckles as he tried to control his anger .

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When he spoke, his voice had the quiet, nearly calm sound of viciously controlled anger . ` Ah.

direct

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Let us make sure that we do not direct our anger and frustration on to people who are only trying to help us.

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And rather than directing their anger at the authors of that injustice, they were directing it at one another.

express

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Most women find it very difficult to express anger openly and honestly, particularly to men.

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If some families favor expressing anger through icy silence, others prefer a more fiery style, whether through word or deed.

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Allow yourself opportunities to express anger , frustration, and sadness.

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Passive-aggressive persons are effective in slyly expressing their anger to others-even though they may do this unconsciously.

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But they are not truly compliant, since they do express their anger indirectly-they fail.

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On the other hand, Clare was finally able to express her anger clearly to the person who had caused it.

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In discussing her feelings, she expressed anger and discouragement with her husband.

feel

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It is the responsibility of the angered party to communicate successfully and reasonably why he or she has felt anger.

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Each of these students has felt anger and outrage at the insults and slurs he or she have experienced.

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And I felt anger and bitterness.

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She glances over at the two bands and feels the anger rising.

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She feels a little spurt of anger over the great trees pollarded down to grey stumps.

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Lettie replied, feeling anger warm inside her.

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Do I feel anger at myself because I don't care?

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Jim could feel his anger rising another notch.

provoke

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Another planned golf course in the Central Highlands has also provoked anger among locals.

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His detention has provoked the anger of his supporters, who include the radical state senator Tom Hayden.

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Let alone the content of the piece, the tsarist ring of the title was bound to provoke Soviet anger .

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This clause provoked considerable anger amongst the gay community and some concern amongst local authorities.

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Read in studio Well, the sentence imposed on Andrew Hayton has also provoked anger in parliament.

shake

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Volker's puny body shook with anger .

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Isaac said, back on his feet and shaking with anger .

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He says at one point he wanted to shake Beate into anger .

show

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Faith's forehead showed her growing anger .

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Collymore showed no anger , only determination that the boy learn.

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Since when had fitzAlan needed encouragement to show anger ?

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Kyle enjoyed showing lots of anger through his toys, which fought and knocked things down.

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Ask yourself if you remember feeling angry yourself, before the other person showed anger .

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It was rude to gloat too soon after being paid and embarrassing to show anger .

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The perfectionist, as we saw, tries to do things perfectly because of his or her compulsive desire to avoid showing anger .

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Then I felt guilty that I had shown my anger and frustration.

tremble

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Her hands were trembling with anger .

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But oh, what that woman did then, which even now sets me to trembling with both anger and desire.

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I stood there trembling with humiliation and anger .

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I could tell Roque was trembling with anger , and I admit to feeling bad when he slammed down the phone.

turn

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Now that delight has turned to shock and anger .

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Her face registers the shock of seeing Blueand then, rapidly, her expression turns to one of anger .

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If ignored, these feelings turn to tears or anger .

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They are also slightly ridiculous and can turn anger and tears to laughter very quickly.

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Instead, he turned his anger on other players in the long-running Simpson drama.

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She'd done things and been places, and found ways to turn anger outwards that had surprised even her.

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Throughout time, people have turned their anger and frustration inward.

vent

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On the other hand, princes felt free to vent their own anger in ways which they now blocked to others.

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Finding the prisoners gone, the mob began to search for an object on which to vent its anger .

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We can vent anger by shouts and gesticulation.

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Every angry explosion makes everyone around us either defensive or angry and gives them permission to vent their anger , too.

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After being repelled by police, the crowd vented its anger by damaging property and overturning police cars.

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They also vented their anger and intimidated the black community by assassinating four blacks in five days.

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There is always a moment in time when we can make a decision whether or not to vent our anger .

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He relieved his frustration, he vented his anger and hatred.

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a flame of anger/desire/passion etc

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She felt a flame of anger flicker and grow.

a flush of anger/embarrassment/excitement etc

arouse hostility/suspicion/resentment/anger etc

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Although it quickly subsided, what I was able to catch was sufficient to arouse suspicion.

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In schools the increasing number of para.professionals creeping in under the resources umbrella have understandably aroused suspicions in teachers' union branches.

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Parked vehicles that arouse suspicion should be reported.

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Similarly the threat of a loss arouses anxiety and actual loss causes sorrow, while both situations are likely to arouse anger.

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The beguiling simplicity of the flat tax is one reason it arouses suspicion.

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The two painters downstairs impinge - directly through their crazy behaviour arousing suspicion against themselves, and indirectly through Porfiry.

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They are fascinating and frightening; they arouse anger and they are defiant.

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Unless your home is totally dilapidated, steer clear of a complete redecoration prior to selling: it will arouse suspicion.

be convulsed with laughter/anger etc

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All of us were convulsed with laughter.

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From the moment I picked up your book until I laid it down I was convulsed with laughter.

be eaten up with/by jealousy/anger/curiosity etc

flash of inspiration/brilliance/insight/anger etc

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He is some one who feeds off flashes of insight, like bolts of lightning from a clear blue sky.

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Mario Bennett, another first-round pick last summer, also showed flashes of brilliance after returning from knee surgery.

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One who'd probably mowed the nurses down in his student days, too, she thought with a flash of insight.

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There was no momentary flash of inspiration; it was typical of Laura's talent to turn a disadvantage into an advantage.

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There were flashes of brilliance from Michael Hordern and Kelly Hunter but generally the acting lacked sparkle.

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With a flash of insight, she imagined Guy's jilted fiancée had received a timely escape.