CHOLER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does choler mean? 

• CHOLER (noun)
  The noun CHOLER has 3 senses:

1. an irritable petulant feeling

2. a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance

3. a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the liver and to cause irritability and anger

  Familiarity information: CHOLER used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHOLER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An irritable petulant feeling

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Synonyms:

choler; crossness; fretfulness; fussiness; irritability; peevishness; petulance

Hypernyms ("choler" is a kind of...):

distemper; ill humor; ill humour (an angry and disagreeable mood)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "choler"):

testiness; tetchiness; touchiness (feeling easily irritated)

pet (a fit of petulance or sulkiness (especially at what is felt to be a slight))

Sense 2

Meaning:

A strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Synonyms:

anger; choler; ire

Hypernyms ("choler" is a kind of...):

emotion (any strong feeling)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "choler"):

fury; madness; rage; enragement; infuriation (a feeling of intense anger)

offence; offense; umbrage (a feeling of anger caused by being offended)

indignation; outrage (a feeling of righteous anger)

huffiness (a passing state of anger and resentment)

dander; hackles (a feeling of anger and animosity)

bad temper; ill temper (a persisting angry mood)

annoyance; chafe; vexation (anger produced by some annoying irritation)

Derivation:

choleric (characterized by anger)

choleric (quickly aroused to anger)

choleric (easily moved to anger)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A humor that was once believed to be secreted by the liver and to cause irritability and anger

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

choler; yellow bile

Hypernyms ("choler" is a kind of...):

bodily fluid; body fluid; humor; humour; liquid body substance (the liquid parts of the body)

 Context examples 

I recognised his decisive nose, more remarkable for character than beauty; his full nostrils, denoting, I thought, choler; his grim mouth, chin, and jaw—yes, all three were very grim, and no mistake.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

I felt quite amused at his unwarranted choler, and while he stumped indignantly up and down I fell to dwelling upon the romance of the fog.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)