anger

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English anger (“grief, pain, trouble, affliction, vexation, sorrow, wrath”), from Old Norse angr, ǫngr (“affliction, sorrow”) (compare Old Norse ang, ǫng (“troubled”)), from Proto-Germanic *angazaz (“grief, sorrow”), from Proto-Indo-European *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 angor), 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”. The verb is from Middle English angren, angeren, from Old Norse angra. Compare with Icelandic angra, Norwegian Nynorsk angra, Norwegian Bokmål angre, Swedish ångra, Danish angre. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈæ̞ŋɡə/ (General American, without æ-raising) IPA(key): /ˈæ̝ŋɡɚ/ (æ-raising) IPA(key): [ˈeɪ̯ŋɡɚ], [ˈɛ̃ŋɡɚ] Rhymes: -æŋɡə(ɹ) Hyphenation: an‧ger === Noun === anger (countable and uncountable, plural angers) 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 anger relieve one's anger manage one's anger soothe one's anger show one's anger do something in anger (obsolete) Pain or stinging. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === anger (third-person singular simple present angers, present participle angering, simple past and past participle angered) (transitive) To cause such a feeling of antagonism in. Synonyms: enrage, infuriate, annoy, vex, grill, displease, aggravate, irritate (intransitive) To become angry. Synonyms: get angry (see angry for more), bristle, flare ==== 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. === Anagrams === Agner, Negar, Regan, areng, grane, range, rangé, regna, renga == Danish == === Etymology === From Old Norse angr. === Noun === anger c (singular definite angeren, not used in plural form) regret, remorse, contrition Synonym: ruelse (“archaic”) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== angre angerløs angerfuld bondeanger angergiven === References === “anger” in Den Danske Ordbog “anger” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog == Finnish == === Etymology 1 === Related to standard ankerias. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈɑŋːer/, [ˈɑ̝ŋːe̞r] Rhymes: -ɑŋːer Syllabification(key): an‧ger Hyphenation(key): an‧ger ==== Noun ==== anger (dialectal, Eastern Finnish) synonym of ankerias (“eel”) === Etymology 2 === Related to standard angervo. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈɑŋːer/, [ˈɑ̝ŋːe̞r] Rhymes: -ɑŋːer Syllabification(key): an‧ger Hyphenation(key): an‧ger ==== Noun ==== anger (dialectal, Eastern Finnish) synonym of angervo (“plant of the genus Filipendula”) === References === “anger”, in Suomen murteiden sanakirja [Dictionary of Finnish Dialects]‎[2] (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 Norse angr, from Proto-Germanic *angazaz. ==== Alternative forms ==== angre, angir, angyr, hanger, angur, aunger, angure ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈanɡər/ ==== Noun ==== 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. (rare) Irritableness; the state of being in a foul mood. ===== Derived terms ===== angerly angren angry ===== Descendants ===== English: anger Scots: anger ===== References ===== “anger, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 29 April 2019. === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== anger alternative form of angren == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Old Norse angr. === Noun === anger m (definite singular angeren) (uncountable) regret, remorse, contrition, repentance, penitence ==== Related terms ==== angre bondeanger === References === “anger” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From Old Norse angr. === Noun === anger m (definite singular angeren) (uncountable) regret, remorse, contrition, repentance, penitence ==== Related terms ==== angre bondeanger === References === “anger” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Swedish == === Verb === anger present indicative of ange === Anagrams === genar, regna