choler
Example Sentences
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Jung’s interpolations are perhaps an improvement on the real first lines — an elaborate play on “collier” and “choler” — though specificity of acting and direction would have put the language across.
From New York Times
Watson is in a perpetual state of stiff-necked choler tinged with snobbery — “I am better educated, more wealthy and stronger than you are,” he tells Bea, who is unmoved.
From Los Angeles Times
I had had two years of color, choler, and passion in Karhide.
From Literature
My choler was so risen, I longed for nothing more than confrontation; my fingers demanded engagement.
From Literature
“He defies me on purpose and drives me to madness,” complained the king, while Gertrude sought to soothe his choler.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.