CHOLER

 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)

Meaning:

An irritable petulant feeling

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Synonyms:

peevishness; irritability; fussiness; fretfulness; crossness; choler; 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))

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Synonyms:

anger; ire; choler

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

emotion (any strong feeling)

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

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

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

bad temper; ill temper (a persisting angry mood)

dander; hackles (a feeling of anger and animosity)

huffiness (a passing state of anger and resentment)

indignation; outrage (a feeling of righteous anger)

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

enragement; infuriation (a feeling of intense anger)

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:

yellow bile; choler

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

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