choler

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun an irritable petulant feeling
  2. noun a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance
  3. noun a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the liver and to cause irritability and anger

Etymology

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.

In classic literature

Synonyms

irritability, crossness, fretfulness, fussiness, peevishness, petulance

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