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| Main Entry: | rage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extreme anger |
| Synonyms: | acerbity, acrimony, agitation, animosity, apoplexy, asperity, bitterness, blowup, bluster, choler, convulsion, dander, eruption, exasperation, excitement, explosion, ferment, ferocity, fireworks, frenzy, furor, fury, gall, heat*, hemorrhage, huff, hysterics, indignation, ire, irritation, madness, mania, obsession, outburst, paroxysm, passion, rampage, raving, resentment, spasm, spleen, squall, storm, tantrum, temper, umbrage, uproar, upset, vehemence, violence, wingding, wrath |
| Notes: | ire suggests greater intensity than anger, rage suggests loss of self-control, and fury is destructive rage verging on madness |
| Antonyms: | glee, happiness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | resentment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hate, anger |
| Synonyms: | acerbity, acrimony, animosity, animus, annoyance, antagonism, bad feeling, bitterness, choler, cynicism, displeasure, dudgeon, exacerbation, exasperation, fog, fury, grudge, huff, hurt, ill feeling, ill will, indignation, ire, irritation, malice, malignity, miff, offense, outrage, passion, perturbation, pique, rage, rancor, rise, spite, umbrage, vehemence, vexation, wrath |
| Antonyms: | affection, happiness, liking, love, pleasure |
| Main Entry: | spleen |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hate |
| Synonyms: | anger, caprice, choler, depression, dislike, grudge, hatred, hostility, ire, lien, malice, melancholy, milt, rancor, resentment, spite, whim, wrath |
| Antonyms: | good humor |
| Main Entry: | irateness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | anger |
| Synonyms: | acrimony, animosity, annoyance, antagonism, blow up, cat fit, chagrin, choler, conniption, dander, disapprobation, displeasure, distemper, enmity, exasperation, fury, gall, hatred, hissy fit, huff, ill humor, ill temper, impatience, indignation, infuriation, irascibility, ire, irritability, irritation, mad, miff, outrage, passion, peevishness, petulance, pique, rage, rankling, resentment, slow burn, soreness, stew, storm, tantrum, temper, tiff, umbrage, vexation, violence |
| Main Entry: | rancorousness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | resentment |
| Synonyms: | acerbity, acrimony, animosity, animus, annoyance, antagonism, bad feeling, bitterness, choler, cynicism, displeasure, dudgeon, embitterment, exacerbation, exasperation, fog*, fury, gall, grudge, huff, hurt, ill feeling, ill will, indignation, ire, irritation, malice, malignity, miff, offense, outrage, passion, perturbation, pique*, rage, rancor, resentfulness, rise, spite, umbrage, vehemence, vexation, virulence, virulency, wrath |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | resentfulness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | resentment |
| Synonyms: | acerbity, acrimony, animosity, animus, annoyance, antagonism, bad feeling, bitterness, choler, cynicism, displeasure, dudgeon, embitterment, exacerbation, exasperation, fog*, fury, gall, grudge, huff, hurt, ill feeling, ill will, indignation, ire, irritation, malice, malignity, miff, offense, outrage, passion, perturbation, pique*, rage, rancor, rancorousness, rise, spite, umbrage, vehemence, vexation, virulence, virulency, wrath |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tizzy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | anger |
| Synonyms: | acrimony, animosity, annoyance, antagonism, blow up, cat fit, chagrin, choler, conniption, dander, disapprobation, displeasure, distemper, enmity, exasperation, fume, fury, gall, hatred, hissy fit, huff, ill humor, ill temper, impatience, indignation, infuriation, irascibility, ire, irritability, irritation, mad, miff, outrage, passion, peevishness, petulance, pique*, rage, rankling, resentment, slow burn, soreness, stew, storm*, tantrum, temper, tiff, umbrage, vexation, violence |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | virulence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | resentment |
| Synonyms: | acerbity, acrimony, animosity, animus, annoyance, antagonism, bad feeling, bitterness, choler, cynicism, displeasure, dudgeon, embitterment, exacerbation, exasperation, fog*, fury, gall, grudge, huff, hurt, ill feeling, ill will, indignation, ire, irritation, malice, malignity, miff, offense, outrage, passion, perturbation, pique*, rage, rancor, rancorousness, resentfulness, rise, spite, umbrage, vehemence, vexation, virulency, wrath |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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