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noun
Yellow bile.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical, uncountable, usually
Topics: medicine, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Anger or irritability.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the liver and to cause irritability and anger
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: yellow bile
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: liquid body substance, bodily fluid, body fluid, humor, humour
noun
a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: anger, ire
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: emotion
Narrower terms: fury, rage, madness, infuriation, enragement, umbrage, offense, offence, indignation, outrage, huffiness, dander, hackles, bad temper, ill temper, annoyance, chafe, vexation
noun
an irritable petulant feeling
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: irritability, crossness, fretfulness, fussiness, peevishness, petulance
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: ill humor, ill humour, distemper
Narrower terms: testiness, touchiness, tetchiness, pet
History
From Middle English coler (“yellow bile”), from Old French colere (“bile, anger”), from Latin cholera (“bilious disease”), from Ancient Greek χολή (kholḗ, “bile”). Doublet of cholera.
Across languages
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
