| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | A strong feeling of displeasure or hostility: choler, indignation, irateness, ire. See FEELINGS. | | VERB: | 1. To be or become angry: blow up, boil over, bristle, burn, explode, flare up, foam, fume, rage, seethe. Informal : steam. Idioms: blow a fuse, blow a gasket, blow one's stack (or top) , breathe fire, fly off the handle, get hot under the collar, hit the ceiling (or roof) , lose one's temper, see red. See FEELINGS. 2. To cause to feel or show anger: burn (up), enrage, incense1, infuriate, madden, provoke. Idioms: make one hot under the collar, make one's blood boil, put one's back up. See FEELINGS.
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