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Anger

Trouble; vexation; also, physical pain or smart of a sore, etc.

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Manner of action 15

Aggravate 76% connected

To make heavy or heavier; to add to; to increase.

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Bridle 76% connected

The head gear with which a horse is governed and restrained, consisting of a headstall, a bit, and reins, with other appendages.

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Combust 76% connected

Burnt; consumed.

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Enrage 76% connected

To fill with rage; to provoke to frenzy or madness; to make furious.

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Exacerbate 76% connected

To render more violent or bitter; to irriate; to exasperate; to imbitter, as passions or disease.

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Exasperate 76% connected

Exasperated; imbittered.

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Gall 76% connected

The bitter, alkaline, viscid fluid found in the gall bladder, beneath the liver. It consists of the secretion of the liver, or bile, mixed with that…

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Incense 76% connected

To set on fire; to inflame; to kindle; to burn.

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Infuriate 76% connected

Enraged; rading; furiously angry; infuriated.

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Irk 76% connected

To weary; to give pain; to annoy; -- used only impersonally at present.

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Madden 76% connected

To make mad; to drive to madness; to craze; to excite violently with passion; to make very angry; to enrage.

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Miff 76% connected

A petty falling out; a tiff; a quarrel; offense.

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Offend 76% connected

To strike against; to attack; to assail.

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Pique 76% connected

A cotton fabric, figured in the loom, -- used as a dress goods for women and children, and for vestings, etc.

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Steam 76% connected

The elastic, aeriform fluid into which water is converted when heated to the boiling points; water in the state of vapor.

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Annoyance 76% connected

The act of annoying, or the state of being annoyed; molestation; vexation; annoy.

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Chafe 76% connected

To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm.

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Dander 76% connected

Dandruff or scurf on the head.

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Enragement 76% connected

Act of enraging or state of being enraged; excitement.

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Fury 76% connected

A thief.

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Huffiness 76% connected

The state of being huffish; petulance; bad temper.

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Indignation 76% connected

The feeling excited by that which is unworthy, base, or disgraceful; anger mingled with contempt, disgust, or abhorrence.

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Madness 76% connected

The condition of being mad; insanity; lunacy.

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Offence 76% connected

See Offense.

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Offense 76% connected

Alt. of Offence

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Outrage 76% connected

To rage in excess of.

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Rage 76% connected

Violent excitement; eager passion; extreme vehemence of desire, emotion, or suffering, mastering the will.

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Umbrage 76% connected

Shade; shadow; obscurity; hence, that which affords a shade, as a screen of trees or foliage.

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Vexation 76% connected

The act of vexing, or the state of being vexed; agitation; disquiet; trouble; irritation.

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Arouse 76% connected

To excite to action from a state of rest; to stir, or put in motion or exertion; to rouse; to excite; as, to arouse one from sleep; to arouse the dor…

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Elicit 76% connected

Elicited; drawn out; made real; open; evident.

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Emotion 76% connected

A moving of the mind or soul; excitement of the feelings, whether pleasing or painful; disturbance or agitation of mind caused by a specific exciting…

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Enkindle 76% connected

To set on fire; to inflame; to kindle.

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Evoke 76% connected

To call out; to summon forth.

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Experience 76% connected

Trial, as a test or experiment.

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Feel 76% connected

To perceive by the touch; to take cognizance of by means of the nerves of sensation distributed all over the body, especially by those of the skin; t…

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Fire 76% connected

The evolution of light and heat in the combustion of bodies; combustion; state of ignition.

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Kindle 76% connected

To bring forth young.

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Provoke 76% connected

To call forth; to call into being or action; esp., to incense to action, a faculty or passion, as love, hate, or ambition; hence, commonly, to incite…

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Raise 76% connected

To cause to rise; to bring from a lower to a higher place; to lift upward; to elevate; to heave; as, to raise a stone or weight.

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Derivationally related 4

Angry 74% connected

Troublesome; vexatious; rigorous.

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Angry 74% connected

Troublesome; vexatious; rigorous.

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Wrath 74% connected

Violent anger; vehement exasperation; indignation; rage; fury; ire.

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Wrath 74% connected

Violent anger; vehement exasperation; indignation; rage; fury; ire.

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Synonym 4

Angriness 92% connected

The quality of being angry, or of being inclined to anger.

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Choler 92% connected

The bile; -- formerly supposed to be the seat and cause of irascibility.

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Ire 92% connected

Anger; wrath.

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Wrath 92% connected

Violent anger; vehement exasperation; indignation; rage; fury; ire.

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Related word 1

Law 84% connected

In general, a rule of being or of conduct, established by an authority able to enforce its will; a controlling regulation; the mode or order accordin…

old norse everyday words 25% interchangeable

Entered English through Old Norse.

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