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Etymology
Old English anger, angre (affliction, anger) < Icelandic angr (affliction, sorrow); akin to Danish anger (regret), Swedish anger (regret), Old English ange (oppressed, sad), Latin angor (a strangling, anguish), angere (to strangle), Greek άγ�� (to strangle), Sanskrit amhas (pain), and to (anguish, anxious, quinsy), and perhaps awe (ugly). The word seems to have originally meant "to choke", "squeeze".

Pronunciation
IPA|/�æ�.�/
audio|en-us-anger.ogg|Audio (US)

Noun
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1. A strong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something, usually combined with an urge to harm.

Synonyms
resentment; wrath; rage; fury; passion; ire gall; choler; indignation; displeasure; vexation; grudge; spleen.

Translations
trans-top|A strong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something
Chinese:

Czech: vztek m
Dutch: boosheid, woede
Ewe: dzibibi, dzikukp�kp�
Finnish: viha, suuttumus
French: colère f
German: �rger
Hebrew: �עס (k���s) m
Ido: irato
Italian: ira f, rabbia f, collera f
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Japanese: �� (ikari)
Kurdish: KUchar|Ú�Ù�
Lithuanian: pyktis m
Polish: z�o�� f, gniew m
Portuguese: ira f, raiva f
Russian: гнев (gn'ev) m, зло��� (zlost�) f, злоба (zlóba) f
Scottish Gaelic: fearg f, corraich f
Slovene: jeza f
Spanish: ira f, enfado m, enojo m, rabia f
Swedish: ilska
Telugu: ��ప� (kOpaM)
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Verb
en-verb

1. To cause such a feeling of antagonism.

Translations
trans-top|To cause such a feeling of antagonism
Ewe: bi dzi, kp� dziku
Hebrew: ��ע�ס (likh'os)
Polish: z�o�ci� (si�), gniewa� (si�)
Portuguese: irar, enraivecer, encolerizar
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Russian: зли�� (zlit�), �е�ди�� (s'erdít�), гневи�� (gn'evít�)
Slovene: razjeziti
Spanish: enojar
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References
R:Century 1911
R:Webster 1913

Category:Emotions
Category:Old Norse derivations

Swedish

Verb
anger

1. present tense of ange

Category:Swedish verb forms

ang:anger
de:anger
el:anger
fa:anger
fr:anger
gl:anger
ko:anger
hy:anger
io:anger
id:anger
it:anger
kk:anger
la:anger
li:anger
hu:anger
ja:anger
pl:anger
pt:anger
ru:anger
fi:anger
sv:anger
ta:anger
te:anger
vi:anger

• 2007-12-06 15:26 - AutoFormat - trans link [[Ewe]]

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