| 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 |
| Notes: | ire suggests greater intensity than anger, rage suggests loss of self-control, and fury is destructive rage verging on madness |
Antonyms: |
cheer, happiness |
| 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: | enrage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make very upset |
Synonyms: |
T-off, aggravate, anger, ask for it, exasperate, get under skin, hack*, incense, incite, inflame, infuriate, ire, irritate, madden, make blood boil, make see red, needle, provoke, rile, steam up, umbrage, whip up |
Antonyms: |
appease, calm, compose, pacify, placate, please, soothe |
| Main Entry: | exasperation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | upset, provocation |
Synonyms: |
aggravation, anger, annoyance, besetment, bother, botheration, displeasure, exacerbation, fury, ire, irritant, irritation, nuisance, passion, pest, pique, plague, rage, resentment, vexation, wrath |
Antonyms: |
calming, calmness, comfort, ease, placation, pleasing, soothing |
| 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: | incense |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make very angry |
Synonyms: |
anger, ask for it, bother, disgust, egg on, enrage, exasperate, excite, fire up, get a rise out of, get under one's skin, inflame, infuriate, ire, irritate, mad, madden, make blood boil, make see red, provoke, rile, umbrage |
Antonyms: |
calm, comfort, please |
| 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: | infuriate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make angry |
Synonyms: |
T-off, aggravate, anger, enrage, exasperate, incense, ire, irritate, madden, make blood boil, provoke, rile, umbrage |
Antonyms: |
make happy, please |
| Main Entry: | madden |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make angry |
Synonyms: |
anger, annoy, bother, craze, derange, distract, drive crazy, drive insane, drive out of mind, drive to distraction, enrage, exasperate, frenzy, incense, inflame, infuriate, ire, irritate, make see red, pester, possess, provoke, shatter, steam up, umbrage, unbalance, unhinge, upset, vex |
Antonyms: |
gladden, make happy |
| 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 |
