English noun: choler |
1. | choler (feeling) an irritable petulant feeling |
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| Synonyms | crossness, fretfulness, fussiness, irritability, peevishness, petulance |
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| Broader (hypernym) | distemper, ill humor, ill humour |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | pet, testiness, tetchiness, touchiness |
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2. | choler (feeling) a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance |
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| Synonyms | anger, ire |
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| Broader (hypernym) | emotion |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | annoyance, bad temper, chafe, dander, enragement, fury, hackles, huffiness, ill temper, indignation, infuriation, madness, offence, offense, outrage, rage, umbrage, vexation |
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3. | choler (body) a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the liver and to cause irritability and anger |
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| Synonyms | yellow bile |
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| Broader (hypernym) | bodily fluid, body fluid, humor, humour, liquid body substance |
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