About The Word Choler
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Choler
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What's The Definition Of Choler?
[n] a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the liver and to cause irritability and anger
[n] a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance [n] an irritable petulant feeling Synonyms | Synonyms for Choler: anger | crossness | fretfulness | fussiness | ire | irritability | peevishness | petulance | yellow bile Related Terms | Find terms related to 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 See Also | annoyance | bad temper | bodily fluid | body fluid | chafe | dander | emotion | enragement | fury | hackles | huffiness | humor | humour | ill humor | ill humour | ill temper | indignation | infuriation | liquid body substance | madness | offence | offense | outrage | pet | rage | testiness | tetchiness | touchiness | umbrage | vexation Choler In Webster's Dictionary \Chol"er\, n. [OE. coler, F. col[`e]re anger, L. cholera
a bilious complaint, fr. Gr. ? cholera, fr. ?, ?, bile. See
{Gall}, and cf. {Cholera}.]
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.
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