| Main Entry: | indignation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | anger |
Synonyms: |
animus, boiling point, danger, displeasure, exasperation, fury, huff, ire, mad, miff, pique, rage, resentment, rise, scorn, slow burn, umbrage, wrath |
Antonyms: |
glee, happiness, joy |
| Main Entry: | anger |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | state of being mad, annoyed |
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 |
Antonyms: |
agreeability, calmness, contentment, enjoyment, good nature, happiness, joy, peace, pleasantness |
| Main Entry: | displeasure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unhappiness, anger |
Synonyms: |
annoyance, aversion, disapprobation, disapproval, discontentment, disfavor, disgruntlement, disinclination, dislike, disliking, disrelish, dissatisfaction, distaste, incensement, indignation, indisposition, irritation, offense, pique, resentment, umbrage, vexation, wrath |
Antonyms: |
calm, composure, delight, happiness, pleasure, satisfaction |
| Main Entry: | fury |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | anger, wrath |
Synonyms: |
acerbity, acrimony, asperity, boiling point, conniption, energy, ferocity, fierceness, fire, flare-up, force, frenzy, furor, impetuosity, indignation, intensity, ire, madness, might, passion, power, rabidity, rage, rampancy, rise, savagery, severity, slow burn, sore, stew, storm*, tempestuousness, turbulence, vehemence, violence |
| Notes: | ire suggests greater intensity than anger, rage suggests loss of self-control, and fury is destructive rage verging on madness |
Antonyms: |
calm, happiness, peace |
| Main Entry: | ire |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | anger |
Synonyms: |
annoyance, boiling point, conniption, conniption fit, displeasure, exasperation, fury, indignation, more heat than light, passion, rage, slow burn, wrath |
Antonyms: |
cheer, happiness |
| Main Entry: | offense |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | insult, displeasure |
Synonyms: |
affront, aggression, assailment, assault, attack, battery, black eye, blitz*, blitzkrieg, dig*, dirty dig, harm, hit*, hurt, indignation, indignity, injury, injustice, left-handed compliment, mugging, onset, onslaught, outrage, push*, put-down, slam*, slap in the face, slight, snub, zinger |
Antonyms: |
kindness, pleasure |
| Main Entry: | offense |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | anger, hard feelings |
Synonyms: |
annoyance, conniption, displeasure, explosion, fit, flare-up, huff, indignation, ire, miff, needle, outburst, pique, resentment, scene, tantrum, tizzy, umbrage, wounded feelings, wrath |
Antonyms: |
happiness, pleasure |
| Main Entry: | outrage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | anger |
Synonyms: |
blowup, flare-up, fury, huff, hurt, indignation, resentment, ruckus*, shock*, stew, storm*, wrath |
Antonyms: |
cheer, glee, happiness, joy |
| Main Entry: | passion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | strong emotion |
Synonyms: |
affection, affectivity, agony, anger, animation, ardor, dedication, devotion, distress, dolor, eagerness, ecstasy, excitement, feeling, fervor, fire, fit, flare-up, frenzy, fury, heat, hurrah, indignation, intensity, ire, joy, misery, outbreak, outburst, paroxysm, rage, rapture, resentment, sentiment, spirit, storm, suffering, temper, transport, vehemence, warmth, wrath, zeal, zest |
Antonyms: |
calm, calmness |
| 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 |
Antonyms: |
glee, happiness |