choler

choler
    n 1: an irritable petulant feeling [syn: {irritability},
         {crossness}, {fretfulness}, {fussiness}, {peevishness},
         {petulance}, {choler}]
    2: a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real
       or supposed grievance [syn: {anger}, {choler}, {ire}]
    3: a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the liver
       and to cause irritability and anger [syn: {yellow bile},
       {choler}]
    

Choler \Chol"er\, n. [OE. coler, F. col[`e]re anger, L. cholera
   a bilious complaint, fr. Gr. ? cholera, fr. ?, cholh`, bile.
   See {Gall}, and cf. {Cholera}.]
   1. The bile; -- formerly supposed to be the seat and cause of
      irascibility. [Obs.]
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            His [Richard Hooker's] complexion . . . was
            sanguine, with a mixture of choler; and yet his
            motion was slow.                      --I. Warton.
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   2. Irritation of the passions; anger; wrath.
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            He is rash and very sudden in choler. --Shak.
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32 Moby Thesaurus words for "choler":
      acerbity, acid, acidity, acidulousness, acrimony, anger, animosity,
      asperity, bad humor, bad temper, bile, biliousness,
      bitter resentment, bitterness, bitterness of spirit, causticity,
      corrosiveness, discontent, gall, gnashing of teeth, hard feelings,
      heartburning, ill humor, ill nature, ill temper, rancor, rankling,
      slow burn, soreness, sourness, spleen, virulence