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Added 8 October 2026

anger

/ˈæŋɡə/ noun

In Latin: īra Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about anger at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance.
The state of being angry.
Belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins).

verb

Make angry.
The news angered him
Become angry.
He angers easily

Origin

From Middle English anger (“grief, pain, trouble, affliction, vexation, sorrow, wrath”), from Old Norse angr, ǫngr (“affliction, sorrow”) (compare Old Norse ang, ǫng (“troubled”)), from Proto-Germanic *angazaz (“grief, sorrow”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰ- (“narrow, tied together”).

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