anger

1. 1.

   make angry

   “The news angered him”

   Broaderarouse

   Narrowercombustmiffgallinfuriatemaddenpiqueenrageexacerbate
2. 2.

   become angry

   “He angers easily”

   Synonymssee red

   Broaderfeel

   Narrowerbridlesteamraise the roof

Other forms of anger

plural

angers·

past tense

angerred·

present participle

angerring·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about anger

What does anger mean?

anger means "a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in anger?

anger has 2 syllables: an-ger. The stress falls on "an". In IPA it is /ˈæŋɡɚ/.

What is another word for anger?

Close synonyms include choler, ire, angriness, wrath, ire. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is anger a common word?

anger is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.