angerとは

意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈæŋɡə(ɹ)/
• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈæŋɡɚ/
• 韻: -æŋɡə(ɹ)
• ハイフネーション: an‧ger

名詞

anger (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 angers)

1. A strong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something, usually combined with an urge to harm, often stemming from perceived provocation, hurt, or threat.
   • 2013 June 28, Joris Luyendijk, “Our banks are out of control”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 3, page 21:

     Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […].  Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. When a series of bank failures made this impossible, there was widespread anger, leading to the public humiliation of symbolic figures.

   You need to control your anger.

2. (obsolete) Pain or stinging.
   • 1660, Simon Patrick, Mensa mystica, published 1717, page 322:

     It heals the Wounds that Sin hath made; and takes away the Anger of the Sore; […]

   • 1677 June 28​, William Temple, “An Essay upon the Cure of Gout by Moxa. […]”, in Miscellanea. The First Part. [...], 3rd edition, London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], and Awnsham and John Churchill, […], published 1691, OCLC 1113628240, page 209:

     I immediately made the Experiment, ſetting the Moxa where the firſt Violence of my Pain began, which was the Joint of the great Toe, and where the greateſt Anger and Soreneſs ſtill continued, [...]

同意語

• See also Thesaurus:anger

派生語

関連する語

動詞

anger (三人称単数 現在形 angers, 現在分詞 angering, 過去形および過去分詞形 angered)

1. (transitive) To cause such a feeling of antagonism in.

   He who angers you conquers you.

2. (intransitive) To become angry.

   You anger too easily.

同意語

• (to cause anger): enrage, infuriate; annoy, vex, grill, displease; aggravate, irritate
• (to become angry): get angry (see angry for more)

参照

• “anger” in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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