Thesaurus: choler

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1. n. The bile; -- formerly supposed to be the seat and cause of irascibility.
2. n. Irritation of the passions; anger; wrath.
3. n. an irritable petulant feeling
4. n. a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance
5. n. a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the liver and to cause irritability and anger
6. 1. The bile; -- formerly supposed to be the seat and cause of irascibility. [Obs.] His [Richard Hooker's] complexion . . . was sanguine, with a mixture of choler; and yet his motion was slow. I. Warton. 2. Irritation of the passions; anger; wrath. He is rash and very sudden in choler. Shak.
7. n an irritable petulant feeling n a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance n a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the liver and to cause irritability and anger