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Word entry · 5 letters

anger

Best crossword clue

"Hot emotion"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /ˈæŋɡəː/Part of speech noun, verbSorted aegnrStarts with AEnds with R4 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins)

Word origin

From Middle English anger (“grief, pain, trouble, affliction, vexation, sorrow, wrath”), from Old Norse angr, ǫngr (“affliction, sorrow”) (compare Old Norse ang, ǫng (“troubled”)), from Proto-Germanic *angazaz (“grief, sorrow”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰ- (“narrow, tied together”).

Used in a sentence

  • vent one's anger
  • relieve one's anger
  • manage one's anger

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer4 curated clues

01Hot emotion5 letters
02Strong displeasure5 letters
03Strong irritated feeling5 letters
04Strong annoyance5 letters

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