choler
Ärger, Gereiztheit
Yellow bileYellow bile.
/ˈkɒlə(ɹ)/
Meaning
2 senses(historical, uncountable, usually)Yellow bile.
(uncountable, usually)Anger or irritability.
Ärger, Gereiztheit
a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the liver and to cause irritability and anger
Translations
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By meaning 1
anger:
Origin
From Middle English coler (“yellow bile”), from Old French colere (“bile, anger”), from LaFrom 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.
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Forms
plural: cholers| Singular | choler |
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uncountable
Synonyms
20 synonymsClose in meaning
- a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the liver and to cause irritability and anger:yellow bile
- a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance:angerire
- an irritable petulant feeling:irritabilitycrossnessfretfulnessfussinesspeevishnesspetulance
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable