| Main Entry: | bristle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become upset, excited |
Synonyms: |
be angry, be infuriated, be maddened, blow up, boil, boil over, bridle, flare, flare up, fume, get one's dander up, rage, rise, ruffle, see red, seethe, spit*, stand on end, swell |
| Main Entry: | anger |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make someone mad; become mad |
Synonyms: |
acerbate, affront, aggravate, agitate, annoy, antagonize, arouse, bait, blow up, boil over, boil, bristle, burn, burn up, chafe, craze*, cross, displease, egg on, embitter, enrage, exacerbate, exasperate, excite, fret, gall, get mad, get on one's nerves, goad, incense, inflame, infuriate, irritate, lose one's temper, madden, make sore, miff, nettle, offend, outrage, pique, provoke, raise hell, rankle, rant, rave, rile, ruffle, seethe, steam up, stew, stir up, tempt, umbrage, vex |
Antonyms: |
calm, forbear, make happy, quiet, soothe |
| Main Entry: | boil |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be angry |
Synonyms: |
be indignant, blow up, bristle, burn, flare, foam at the mouth, fulminate, fume, rage, rave, sputter, storm |
Antonyms: |
be happy |
| Main Entry: | burn |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be excited about; yearn for |
Synonyms: |
be angry, be aroused, be inflamed, be passionate, be stirred up, blaze, boil, breathe fire, bristle, desire, eat up, fume, lust, rage, seethe, simmer, smoulder, tingle, yearn |
Antonyms: |
stifle, subdue |
| Main Entry: | fume |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get very upset about |
Synonyms: |
anger, blow up, boil, bristle, burn, chafe, chomp at the bit, get hot, get steamed up, rage, rant, rave, seethe, smoke*, storm* |
Antonyms: |
be calm, be happy |
| Main Entry: | rage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be angry |
Synonyms: |
be beside oneself, be furious, be uncontrollable, blow a fuse, blow one's top, blow up, boil over, bristle, chafe, champ at bit, erupt, fly off the handle, foam at the mouth, fret, fulminate, fume, go berserk, have a fit, have a tantrum, let off steam, look daggers, make a fuss over, overflow, rail at, rampage, rant, rant and rave, rave, roar, scold, scream, seethe, snap at, splutter, steam, storm, surge, tear, throw a fit, work oneself into sweat, yell |
| Notes: | ire suggests greater intensity than anger, rage suggests loss of self-control, and fury is destructive rage verging on madness |
Antonyms: |
be happy |
| Main Entry: | seethe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be very angry |
Synonyms: |
be furious, be incensed, be livid, be mad, be on the warpath, blow one's stack, blow up, boil, breathe fire, bristle, burn, ferment, flare, flip, foam, foam at mouth, froth, fume, hit the ceiling, rage, see red, simmer, smolder, spark, stew, storm |
Antonyms: |
be happy |
| Main Entry: | teem |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be abundant, full |
Synonyms: |
abound, be crawling with, be full of, be numerous, be plentiful, be prolific, bear, brim, bristle, burst, burst at seams, bustle, crawl, crowd, flow, grow, jam, overflow, overrun, pack, pour, pour out, produce, prosper, pullulate, rain, roll in, shower, superabound, swarm, swell, swim in, wallow in |
Antonyms: |
lack, need, want |
| Main Entry: | pullulate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | teem |
Synonyms: |
abound, be crawling with, be full of, be numerous, be plentiful, be prolific, bear*, brim, bristle, burst, burst at seams, bustle, crawl, crowd, flow, grow, jam*, overflow, overrun, pack, pour, pour out, produce, prosper, rain, roll in, shower, superabound, swarm, swell*, swim in, wallow in |
| Main Entry: | anger |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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Adjectives: |
acrimonious, angry, begrumpled, bitter, boiling, boiling over, burning, cantankerous, convulsed with rage, cross, diversivolent, emporté, fierce, fiery, flushed with anger, flushed with rage, foaming, foaming at the mouth, fractious, fuming, furibund, furious, glowering, horn, indignant, infuriate, iracund, irascent, irate, ireful, mad with rage, madbrained, offended, on one's high ropes, rabid, rageful, raging, relentless, savage, set against, sore, spleenful, splenetic, stomachous, sulky, surly, thrunched, umbrageous, up in arms, violent, virulent, warm, waxy, wild, worked up, wrath, wrathful, wrought, zowerswopped
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