Anger
noun
A strong feeling of annoyance or displeasure.
His insensitive comments filled her with anger.
Often appears as...
- burst of anger
- blind with anger
verb
Make someone feel annoyed or angry.
His arrogance angers me.
Often appears as...
- anger someone
- anger easily
noun
A strong feeling of annoyance or displeasure.
His insensitive comments filled her with anger.
Often appears as...
- burst of anger
- blind with anger
verb
Make someone feel annoyed or angry.
His arrogance angers me.
Often appears as...
- anger someone
- anger easily
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Intensity
Anger often indicates a deep emotional response to an upsetting situation.
She spoke with anger about the unfair treatment she received.
Pro Tip 2/3Control Lost
Being 'blind with anger' suggests losing control, potentially leading to regrettable actions.
Overcome with anger, he said things he'd later apologize for.
Pro Tip 3/3Physical Expression
Anger can be expressed physically, through facial expressions or body language.
Her clenched fists betrayed her anger.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Intensity
Anger often indicates a deep emotional response to an upsetting situation.
She spoke with anger about the unfair treatment she received.
Pro Tip 2/3Control Lost
Being 'blind with anger' suggests losing control, potentially leading to regrettable actions.
Overcome with anger, he said things he'd later apologize for.
Pro Tip 3/3Physical Expression
Anger can be expressed physically, through facial expressions or body language.
Her clenched fists betrayed her anger.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Intensity
Anger often indicates a deep emotional response to an upsetting situation.
She spoke with anger about the unfair treatment she received.
Pro Tip 2/3Control Lost
Being 'blind with anger' suggests losing control, potentially leading to regrettable actions.
Overcome with anger, he said things he'd later apologize for.
Pro Tip 3/3Physical Expression
Anger can be expressed physically, through facial expressions or body language.
Her clenched fists betrayed her anger.
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Video examples
How do dogs "see" with...
In some of the best examples of canine-human collaboration, dogs help us by sharing and reacting to those stories. They can respond with kindness to people in distress, or with aggression to threats because stress and anger manifest as a cloud of hormones recognizable to the dog's nose. With the proper training,
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Inside a cartoonist's...
- happiness, sadness, anger, hilarity, calm - and can transmit ideas in an instant. Cartoons are a universal medium enjoyed and understood around the world and across borders. This is why they have survived so long as an art form. But how can a medium that is on the surface so simple
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Watch One Family's...
are basic parts that we take from an everyday we project to the people in front of us and then they project back so you don't get back the feedback that you only would expect it could be sadness it could be anger it could be love it could be affection we've been
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A brief history of...
maybe even evolutionary level? Scientists think that crying and feeling withdrawn is what originally helped our ancestors secure social bonds and helped them get the support they needed. Sadness, as opposed to anger or violence, was an expression of suffering
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I grew up in the...
Assuming ill motives almost instantly cuts us off from truly understanding why someone does and believes as they do. We forget that they're a human being with a lifetime of experience that shaped their mind, and we get stuck on that first wave of anger,
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The great conspiracy...
delivering a passionate speech at Caesar's funeral days later that whipped the crowd into a frenzy of grief and anger. As a result, the liberators were forced out of Rome. The ensuing power vacuum led to a series of civil wars,
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The Egyptian Book of the...
who gives him final approval to enter the afterlife. In the endless and lush field of reeds, Ani meets his deceased parents. Here, there is no sadness, pain, or anger, but there is work to be done.
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Kailash Satyarthi: How...
But I ask why? Why can't we convert our anger for the larger good of society? Why can't we use our anger to challenge and change the evils of the world?
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How to deal with...
it to be altered on demand this anger protected me I knew what I knew and it couldn't be erased so the person gaslighting you will often try to bully
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Triumph of the...
Faced with the threat of hundreds of tons of massed anger, the lioness turns tail. The male lion, however, seems unwilling to give up.
Video examples
How do dogs "see" with...
In some of the best examples of canine-human collaboration, dogs help us by sharing and reacting to those stories. They can respond with kindness to people in distress, or with aggression to threats because stress and anger manifest as a cloud of hormones recognizable to the dog's nose. With the proper training,
Video examples
Inside a cartoonist's...
- happiness, sadness, anger, hilarity, calm - and can transmit ideas in an instant. Cartoons are a universal medium enjoyed and understood around the world and across borders. This is why they have survived so long as an art form. But how can a medium that is on the surface so simple
Video examples
Watch One Family's...
are basic parts that we take from an everyday we project to the people in front of us and then they project back so you don't get back the feedback that you only would expect it could be sadness it could be anger it could be love it could be affection we've been
Video examples
A brief history of...
maybe even evolutionary level? Scientists think that crying and feeling withdrawn is what originally helped our ancestors secure social bonds and helped them get the support they needed. Sadness, as opposed to anger or violence, was an expression of suffering
Video examples
I grew up in the...
Assuming ill motives almost instantly cuts us off from truly understanding why someone does and believes as they do. We forget that they're a human being with a lifetime of experience that shaped their mind, and we get stuck on that first wave of anger,
Video examples
The great conspiracy...
delivering a passionate speech at Caesar's funeral days later that whipped the crowd into a frenzy of grief and anger. As a result, the liberators were forced out of Rome. The ensuing power vacuum led to a series of civil wars,
Video examples
The Egyptian Book of the...
who gives him final approval to enter the afterlife. In the endless and lush field of reeds, Ani meets his deceased parents. Here, there is no sadness, pain, or anger, but there is work to be done.
Video examples
Kailash Satyarthi: How...
But I ask why? Why can't we convert our anger for the larger good of society? Why can't we use our anger to challenge and change the evils of the world?
Video examples
How to deal with...
it to be altered on demand this anger protected me I knew what I knew and it couldn't be erased so the person gaslighting you will often try to bully
Video examples
Triumph of the...
Faced with the threat of hundreds of tons of massed anger, the lioness turns tail. The male lion, however, seems unwilling to give up.
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Quote examples
Joel Osteen
American Clergyman
To me, it's OK to have differences. But we don't have to be mad about it. You know? And I think that's where sometimes we get so passionate that we - you know, it turns into anger.
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Yusef Komunyakaa
American Poet
Through the years I have seen myself as a peaceful person, but the awareness of the anger is part of that process.
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William Arthur Ward
American Writer
It is wise to direct your anger towards problems - not people; to focus your energies on answers - not excuses.
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YoungBoy Never Broke Again
American Musician
I have all bad days. I think I need help. I got an anger problem.
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Ted DiBiase Sr.
American Wrestler
We have all said things in anger in a moment that we don't mean.
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Ariel Dorfman
Argentinian Novelist
You can survive with anger, but you can't live with it forever.
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Jessica Raine
British Actress
On stage, I find anger at the unfairness of the world easily.
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Fran Drescher
American Actress
Life is precious and there's not a lot of room for anger.
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Grace Slick
American Musician
When you learn that a truth is a lie, anger follows.
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John Tiffany
English Director
I want to understand the anger in the world.
Quote examples
Joel Osteen
American Clergyman
To me, it's OK to have differences. But we don't have to be mad about it. You know? And I think that's where sometimes we get so passionate that we - you know, it turns into anger.
Quote examples
Yusef Komunyakaa
American Poet
Through the years I have seen myself as a peaceful person, but the awareness of the anger is part of that process.
Quote examples
William Arthur Ward
American Writer
It is wise to direct your anger towards problems - not people; to focus your energies on answers - not excuses.
Quote examples
YoungBoy Never Broke Again
American Musician
I have all bad days. I think I need help. I got an anger problem.
Quote examples
Ted DiBiase Sr.
American Wrestler
We have all said things in anger in a moment that we don't mean.
Quote examples
Ariel Dorfman
Argentinian Novelist
You can survive with anger, but you can't live with it forever.
Quote examples
Jessica Raine
British Actress
On stage, I find anger at the unfairness of the world easily.
Quote examples
Fran Drescher
American Actress
Life is precious and there's not a lot of room for anger.
Quote examples
Grace Slick
American Musician
When you learn that a truth is a lie, anger follows.
Quote examples
John Tiffany
English Director
I want to understand the anger in the world.
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