ANGER


Meaning of ANGER in English

I.

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ bitter , deep , fierce , great , intense , seething

▪ genuine , real

▪ growing , mounting , rising

mounting ~ among teachers and parents

▪ sudden

▪ righteous

Catherine appeared in the doorway, shaking with righteous ~.

▪ controlled , pent-up , suppressed

▪ popular , public

▪ widespread ( esp. BrE )

… OF ANGER

▪ burst , fit , flash , outburst

He slammed the door in a fit of ~.

She felt a brief flash of ~.

VERB + ANGER

▪ be filled with , feel , seethe with , shake with , tremble with

His eyes were filled with ~.

She was trembling with ~.

▪ express , release , show , vent , voice

Children express their ~ in various ways.

▪ channel , direct

He tried to channel his ~ into political activism.

Much of the public's ~ was directed at the government.

▪ control , hide , suppress

It is not healthy to suppress your ~.

▪ arouse , cause , fuel , provoke , stir up

His words only served to fuel her ~.

▪ change to , give way to , turn into , turn to

His joy soon turned to ~ when he heard the full story.

ANGER + VERB

▪ boil over , boil up , bubble up , build up , flare , flare up , grow , mount , rise , well up

Hank stood up, his ~ rising.

▪ abate , drain , evaporate , fade , subside

The ~ drained from his face.

Her ~ subsided as quickly as it had flared up.

ANGER + NOUN

▪ management

You could probably benefit from ~ management classes.

PREPOSITION

▪ in ~

He raised his voice in ~.

▪ with ~

His face was flushed with ~.

▪ ~ against

her feelings of ~ against the murderer

▪ ~ at

I felt a sudden ~ at his suggestion.

▪ ~ over

There is much ~ over plans to close the hospital.

▪ ~ towards/toward

her ~ towards/toward her parents

PHRASES

▪ a feeling of ~

▪ in a moment of ~

He had walked out in a moment of ~.

II.

verb

ADVERB

▪ deeply , greatly

I was deeply ~ed by their lack of concern.

▪ easily

He is not easily ~ed.

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