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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
choler
n 1: an irritable petulant feeling [syn: irritability, crossness,
fretfulness, fussiness, peevishness, petulance]
2: a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some
real or supposed grievance [syn: anger, ire]
3: a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the liver
and to cause irritability and anger [syn: yellow bile]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
anger, crossness, fretfulness, fussiness, ire, irritability, peevishness, petulance, yellow bile
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