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anger
a strong emotion that you feel because someone has behaved badly or because a situation seems bad or unfair:
• Andrea still feels a lot of anger towards her mom, who left when she was a little girl. • I’ve said some things in anger that have almost cost me my marriage.
annoyance
slight anger or impatience:
• He expressed annoyance at the way his comments had been misinterpreted. • The meetings were held in secret, much to the annoyance of some members of Congress.
irritation
a feeling of being annoyed and impatient, especially because something keeps happening or someone keeps saying something:
• He could not hide his irritation at her persistent questioning. • Unwanted sales calls are a source of irritation for many people.
frustration
a feeling of being annoyed, especially because you cannot do what you want or because you cannot change or control a situation:
• You can imagine my frustration when I found out that the next bus didn’t leave till 4 hours later. • There is a growing sense of frustration over the situation in Burma. • The government has expressed frustration at the slow legal process.
exasperation
a feeling of being very annoyed because you cannot control a situation, learn to do something, or understand something, even though you are trying very hard:
• Isaac sighed in exasperation. • Exasperation at the team’s lack of success was evident among the fans.
resentment
anger because you think you are being treated badly or unfairly:
• The sudden increase in the numbers of immigrants has caused resentment among local people.
indignation
anger and surprise about an unfair situation:
• His voice sounded full of indignation. • The scandal caused righteous indignation among opposition politicians.
ill/bad feeling
anger between two people because of something that has happened:
• I had no ill feeling towards him.
rancour
British English , rancor American English formal a feeling of anger and hatred towards someone who you cannot forgive because they harmed you in the past:
• Even though he had lost the court case, he had shown no rancour.
spleen
formal anger, especially anger that is unreasonable:
• He vented his spleen (= said why he was angry ) against the airline in an article in the Times.
extreme anger
fury
a very strong feeling of anger:
• The judge sparked fury when he freed a man who had attacked three women. • The decision caused fury among local people.
rage
a very strong feeling of anger that is difficult to control or is expressed very suddenly or violently:
• When we accused him of lying, he flew into a rage (= became very angry very suddenly ) . • Brown killed his wife in a jealous rage.
outrage
extreme anger and shock because you think something is unfair or wrong:
• The racist comments caused outrage in India and Britain.
wrath
formal extreme anger:
• Pietersen was the next to incur the wrath of the referee (= make him angry )
Longman-Thesaurus
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verb ADV. deeply, greatly I was deeply angered by their lack of concern., noun ADJ. bitter, black, cold, deep, fierce, great, savage, terrible | 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 QUANT. burst, fit, outburst He slammed the door in a fit of anger. VERB + ANGER be filled with, feel, shake with, tremble with His eyes were filled with anger. She was trembling with anger. | express, give vent to, show, vent, voice Children give vent to their anger in various ways. | control, hide, suppress It is not healthy to suppress your anger. | arouse, cause, fill sb with, fuel, provoke, stir up His words fuelled her anger. | change to, give way to, turn to His joy soon turned to anger when he heard the full story. ANGER + VERB boil over/up, bubble up, build up, flare (up), grow, mount, rise, well up Henry 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. PREP. in ~ He raised his voice in anger. | with ~ His face was flushed with anger. | ~ against her feelings of anger against the murderer | ~ at I felt a sudden anger at his suggestion. | ~ over There is much anger over plans to close the hospital. | ~ towards her anger towards her parents PHRASES a feeling of anger, in a moment of anger He had walked out in a moment of anger.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary