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Definition of "anger" []

  • A strong feeling of displeasure or hostility. (noun)
  • To make angry; enrage or provoke. (verb-transitive)
  • To become angry: She angers too quickly. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "anger" in a sentence
  • "Of course, a lot of things get said in anger just to lash out and hurt the person at whom the anger is directed."
  • "Hopefully it will spark some more balanced debate, as a professor denied tenure and apparently writing in anger is maybe not the best judge."
  • "In addition, we purposely made the title anger and enrage the disbelievers."