choler
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9.9
- noun
- /ˈkɒlər/
- Archaic
- In moments of intense choler, he struggles to remain rational and composed.
- choler rising
Examples
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Despite her calm demeanor, his harsh words ignited a deep choler within her.
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- No, my lord, rather with choler.
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- No, my lord, rather with choler.
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Now forego this talk of Jews and dead Lopez, not worth your choler, Pinky sweet!
Fiction book (1999) -
He fascinated me because he was such a mixture of scholarly detail and choler.
Academic text (2011) -
Nynaeve sicking up and in a bad choler at the same time: there were few things more dreadful, in Elayne's experience.
Fiction book (1992) -
The cat rouses, annoyed, and leaves my lap, venting his choler with a swipe at Shadow's nose as he departs.
Fiction book (1990) -
He felt a surge of choler when he heard the unfair accusations against him.
Synonyms
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1.0
A very strong feeling of being upset or annoyed
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7.9
Strong anger you feel when someone does something unfair
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4.2
Being easily annoyed or quick to become angry
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9.0
Being easily annoyed and acting childish
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7.3
A tendency to become easily annoyed and impatient
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8.1
Being slightly angry or annoyed
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7.7
A feeling of being nervous, annoyed, or easily upset
Antonyms
How Angry
Surface Forms
Etymology
Choler comes from the old Greek word cholé, which means 'bile', a bitter fluid from the liver. People long ago thought too much 'bile' made someone quick to anger, so choler came to mean strong anger or irritability.