Found 2 items, similar to Choler.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: choler
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]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Choler
Choler
\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.]
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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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