Choler
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Choler is a noun meaning Anger or irritability.
Meaning
Anger or irritability.
More Meanings
- (historical, medicine) Synonym of yellow bile.
Example Sentences
Hutchins reflected a moment. All the choler and restlessness had melted out of the man's face. He was again the excellent artisan, slow but capable and self-reliant.
Threatned with frowning wrath and iealouſie, Surpriz’d with feare and hideous reuenge, I ſtand agaſt: but moſt aſtonied To ſee his choller ſhut in ſecrete thoughtes, And wrapt in ſilence of his angry ſoule.
This roused the tinker's choler, already provoked at Tugwell's amorous freedom with his doxy, and he gave him a click in the mazard. Tugwell had not been used tamely to receive a kick or a cuff; he, therefore, gave the tinker a rejoinder, […]
Word Forms
- cholers
Synonyms for choler
Depending on context, synonyms include anger, bile, displeasure, fury, gall, grudge.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include crossness, irritability, peevishness, fretfulness, anger, fussiness.
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