choler
noun
cho·ler ˈkä-lər 
ˈkō-
1
a
archaic : yellow bile
b
obsolete : bile sense 1a
2
obsolete : the quality or state of being bilious
3
: ready disposition to irritation : irascibility
also : anger
Synonyms
- anger
- angriness
- birse [chiefly Scottish]
- furor
- fury
- indignation
- irateness
- ire
- lividity
- lividness
- mad
- madness
- mood [archaic]
- outrage
- rage
- spleen
- wrath
- wrathfulness
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Example Sentences
he felt his choler rising and choked back an angry reply the boss's reputation for choler made many employees reluctant to ask questions
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Etymology
Middle English coler, from Anglo-French colre, colere, from Latin cholera cholera, from Greek
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
choler
noun
1
as in anger
an intense emotional state of displeasure with someone or something he felt his choler rising and choked back an angry reply Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- anger
- indignation
- rage
- fury
- wrath
- outrage
- mood
- irritation
- mad
- exasperation
- spleen
- irritability
- wrathfulness
- ire
- resentment
- jealousy
- bitterness
- temper
- hostility
- madness
- angriness
- contempt
- malice
- lividity
- annoyance
- furor
- bile
- vexation
- grudge
- animosity
- biliousness
- slow burn
- venom
- outburst
- birse
- antagonism
- rancor
- enmity
- antipathy
- spite
- pugnacity
- embitterment
- acrimony
- lividness
- envy
- dudgeon
- malevolence
- jaundice
- aggravation
- querulousness
- vengefulness
- irascibility
- vindictiveness
- virulence
- pique
- vitriol
- belligerence
- contentiousness
- crankiness
- heat
- irateness
- contrariness
- orneriness
- dander
- delirium
- warmth
- flare
- pugnaciousness
- hot-headedness
- pet
- huff
- chafe
- quarrelsomeness
- rise
- road rage
- ruffle
- acrimoniousness
- passion
- blowup
- empoisonment
- flare-up
- air rage
- irascibleness
- disputatiousness
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- pleasure
- delight
- patience
- calmness
- forbearance
2
as in irritability
readiness to show annoyance or impatience the boss's reputation for choler made many employees reluctant to ask questions Synonyms & Similar Words
- irritability
- anger
- irritableness
- aggression
- indignation
- crossness
- peevishness
- biliousness
- hostility
- testiness
- petulance
- irascibility
- aggressiveness
- crankiness
- grouchiness
- perverseness
- rage
- exasperation
- sensitivity
- grumpiness
- wrath
- perversity
- fury
- fretfulness
- huffiness
- sulkiness
- disagreeableness
- pugnacity
- dyspepsia
- rudeness
- surliness
- combativeness
- crotchetiness
- waspishness
- irascibleness
- belligerence
- contentiousness
- querulousness
- pettishness
- truculence
- cantankerousness
- fight
- bellicosity
- animosity
- orneriness
- belligerency
- curmudgeonliness
- contrariness
- pugnaciousness
- rancor
- antagonism
- touchiness
- spleen
- antipathy
- crustiness
- jaundice
- feistiness
- fierceness
- passion
- unfriendliness
- quarrelsomeness
- supersensitivity
- scrappiness
- truculency
- fussiness
- disputatiousness
- oversensitiveness
- hot-bloodedness
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- understanding
- tolerance
- patience
- forbearance
- affability
- geniality
- agreeableness
- sociability
- cordiality
- friendliness
- amiableness
- amiability
- amicability
- coolness
- long-suffering
- tranquility
- kindliness
- tranquillity
- mildness
- amenity
- gentleness
- serenity
- good-naturedness
- good-humoredness
- good-temperedness
- easygoingness