English Explanatory Dictionary

choler

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Anger or irritability.
  2. Synonym of yellow bile.

Pronunciation

kǒ'lər

Word forms

choler cholers

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.

Synonyms

anger bile displeasure fury gall grudge indignation ire passion rage spleen vexation wrath yellow bile

Related words

cholera choleric
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