- anger
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} nounADJECTIVE▪ bitter, deep, fierce, great, intense, seething▪ genuine, real▪ growing, mounting, rising▪
mounting anger among teachers and parents
▪ sudden▪ righteous▪Catherine appeared in the doorway, shaking with righteous anger.
▪ controlled, pent-up, suppressed▪ popular, public▪ widespread (esp. BrE)… OF ANGER▪ burst, fit, flash, outburst▪He slammed the door in a fit of anger.
▪She felt a brief flash of anger.
VERB + ANGER▪ be filled with, feel, seethe with, shake with, tremble with▪His eyes were filled with anger.
▪She was trembling with anger.
▪ express, release, show, vent, voice▪Children express their anger in various ways.
▪ channel, direct▪He tried to channel his anger into political activism.
▪Much of the public's anger was directed at the government.
▪ control, hide, suppress▪It is not healthy to suppress your anger.
▪ arouse, cause, fuel, provoke, stir up▪His words only served to fuel her anger.
▪ change to, give way to, turn into, turn to▪His joy soon turned to anger 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 anger rising.
▪ abate, drain, evaporate, fade, subside▪The anger drained from his face.
▪Her anger subsided as quickly as it had flared up.
ANGER + NOUN▪ management▪You could probably benefit from anger management classes.
PREPOSITION▪ in anger▪He raised his voice in anger.
▪ with anger▪His face was flushed with anger.
▪ anger against▪her feelings of anger against the murderer
▪ anger at▪I felt a sudden anger at his suggestion.
▪ anger over▪There is much anger over plans to close the hospital.
▪ anger towards/toward▪her anger towards/toward her parents
PHRASES▪ a feeling of anger▪ in a moment of anger▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}He had walked out in a moment of anger.
verbADVERB▪ deeply, greatly▪I was deeply angered by their lack of concern.
▪ easily▪He is not easily angered.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
