Meaning
The strong hot feeling you get when something is unfair or when someone hurts you.
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Word origin
From Old Norse angr meaning grief or trouble, brought into English by Norse settlers.
- Origin
- Old Norse
- Root
- angr
- English cognates
- angry
Examples
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Anger is the feeling; angry is what you are.
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Anger is uncountable here, so it takes no a and no plural.
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We often talk about holding anger in or letting it go.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 22, lesson 8: anger, merry, zone and 7 more words.