anger, n.

Pronunciation: /ˈæŋɡə(r)/

Forms: Also ME angyr, angir, ME–15 angre, ME angar.

Etymology: < Old Norse angr trouble, affliction, < root ang strait, straitened, troubled: see ange n.

†1. That which pains or afflicts, or the passive feeling which it produces; trouble, affliction, vexation, sorrow. 2. Obs.

a1325 (1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 972 Ghe held hire hard in ðralles wune, And dede hire sorge and anger mune.

1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 3517 Na man may to heven ga, Bot-if he thole here anger and wa.

1393 Langland Piers Plowman C. xxii. 291 To suffren al þat god sente · syknesses and angres.

c1440 Gesta Rom. 243 Deliuer me from this anger þat I dwelle in.

1477 Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 102 For the deth of whiche childe the anger & sorow was moche the more.

1489 (1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) iii. 321 Thir angrys may I na mar drey.

2.

a. The active feeling provoked against the agent; passion, rage; wrath, ire, hot displeasure.

1393 J. Gower Confessio I. 282 Ne couth I after that be wroth, But all min anger overgoth.

c1400 (1380) Cleanness (Nero) l. 572 Þe anger of his ire þat arȝed monye.

c1405 (1395) Chaucer Franklin's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 837 Neuere eft ne was ther angre [v.r. angyr, -er] hem bitwene.

1483 Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 185/4 In an angre [he] toke his swerde and smote of the heed of thys holy man.

1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Eph. in Paraphr. New Test. iv. 26 (R.) Restrayn your angre, whan it would barst out.

1552 H. Latimer Serm. Lord's Prayer iv. II. 57 A man slain openly of another man in an anger.

1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. i. ii. viii. 38 Anger, which is a desire of revenge, Hatred which is inveterate anger.

1623 Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII iii. ii. 93 May be he heares the King Does whet his Anger to him.

1656 J. Smith Myst. Rhetorique 168 Anger is a vehement heat of the minde, which brings palenesse to the countenance, burning to the eyes, and trembling to the parts of the body.

1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding ii. xx. 114 Anger, is uneasiness or discomposure of the Mind, upon the receit of any Injury, with a present purpose of Revenge.

1754 Earl of Chatham Lett. to Nephew v. 39 Anger, that dæmon, that destroyer of our peace.

1875 H. E. Manning Internal Mission of Holy Ghost xiv. 393 Anger has its proper use. Anger is the executive power of justice.

b. As a literary nonce-use (quot. 1937). Later with overt or implicit reference to J. Osborne's play Look Back in Anger (first performed 1956). Cf. angry adj. 3c.

1937 H. G. Wells Brynhild vii. 100 It brings my Anger back. I am an Angry Man... Almost professionally. You don't know my books?

1957 J. Holloway in Hudson Rev. Autumn 424 Notes on the ‘School of Anger’.

1957 J. Holloway in Hudson Rev. Autumn 426 The anger of Sassoon's war poem was not, of course, the kind..of Amis, Wain, Osborne, etc.

1958 Spectator 4 July 17/3 Students here have become sceptical about protest campaigns, petitions and the Anger Cult.

3. Physical affliction or pain; inflammatory state of any part of the body. (Still dial.)

1377 Langland Piers Plowman B. xiii. 335, I cacche..an ague in suche an angre, and some tyme a feure.

a1500 MS. Lincoln A i. 17. 305 (Halliw.) , Anoynte hym fyrste with popilione if he hafe anger in his lyver.

1659 H. Hammond Paraphr. & Annot. Psalms (lviii. 9 Annot.) 298/1 Rawness and anger (in that dialect, wherein we call a sore angry).

1814 Temple Wks. III. 259 Where the greatest anger and soreness still continued.

Compounds

Comb. (mostly poet.)

C1. Attrib.

anger-glow n.

1851 H. Melville Whale xxxvi. 181 My heat has melted thee to *anger-glow.

C2. anger-kindling adj.

C3. Instrumental.

anger-boiling adj.

1634 W. Wood New Englands Prospect ii. vii. 74 *Angrer-boyling blood.

anger-coddled adj.

1651 J. Cleveland Upon a Miser 29 Ajax with his *anger-codled brain.

anger-lined adj.

1879 Spectator 6 Sept. 1128/2 The sea had scarcely a wrinkle on the salt face which but a night or two before had looked *anger-lined and wind-worn.

anger-swollen adj.

1839 P. J. Bailey Festus 86 Through *anger-swollen wave or sparkling spray.

Draft additions May 2001

anger management n. orig. U.S. control of one's anger, esp. when the emotion is frequently felt and is likely to result in violent behaviour; freq. attrib., esp. designating a course, support group, etc., which helps achieve this control.

[1963 Jrnl. Health & Human Behaviour 4 104 Mortality rates for the fifty leading causes of death in the United States were correlated with two indices of aggression management derived statistically from homicide and suicide rates.

1966 Amer. Sociol. Rev. 31 u2 (advt.) Mental Health for Students... Includes the search for meaning and self-identity; management of anxiety, depression, guilt, loneliness, and anger.]

1975 R. W. Novaco Anger Control 8 Once a set of principles for *anger management is developed, the self-instruction format provides for the direct translation of those principles in an educational-therapeutic context whereby the person gains self-control and personal effectiveness.

1984 Washington Post (Nexis) 20 Dec. (Virginia Weekly section) 15 An anger-management group for men who have emotionally or physically abused their spouses will be offered by the Alexandria Office on Women.

1995 D. Wales & K. Howells in C. Hollin Contemp. Psychol. xii. 245 Successful anger management first involves assisting the client to recognize and identify the stressors which precede anger, and then to recognize the state of anger itself and what is occurring in their body.

anger, v.

Pronunciation: /ˈæŋɡə(r)/

Forms: Also ME anngre, ME angrye, ME–15 angre, ME angar, angur.

Etymology: < Old Norse angr-a to grieve, vex, < angr : see anger n.

†1. To distress, trouble, vex, hurt, wound. Obs.

?c1200 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 432 Nan þing..Þatt mihhte ohht anngrenn oþre.

1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 799 [The ald man] is ofte angerd, and ay pleynand.

1377 Langland Piers Plowman B. xiv. 244 Þough auarice wolde angre [1393 angrye] þe pore.

c1400 Rom. Rose 3526 Is it youre ese Hym for to angre or disese?

c1440 Gesta Rom. i. lii. 183 To be turmentide, angride, and bete for oure defavtis.

2. Hence, through the idea of irritate: To excite to wrath, make angry, enrage.

a. trans.

1377 Langland Piers Plowman B. v. 117 Who-so hath more þan I, þat angreth me sore.

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. xxxvii. f. xiiiiv, Lyghtly he slewe all men yt hym tened or angred.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 431/2, I angre, I chafe or bringe out of pacience. Je courrouce.—Beware howe you anger hym.

1599 Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet ii. iii. 193, I anger her sometimes, and tell her that Paris is the properer man.

a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Staff. 41 A person free from passion, whom none could anger out of his ordinary temper.

1758 Idler 10 June 73 You have both pleased and angered me.

1841 E. Miall in Nonconformist 1 9 It would be difficult to anger the people just now.

1882 Athenæum No. 2831. 121 He angered every body who was affected by the project.

b. impers.

c1440 Morte Arth. 1662 Me angers at Arthure.

c1540 Destr. Troy xi. 4571 Hit angris to abide, Or tary..when tulkes ben redy.

1597 Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet ii. i. 22 Tut this cannot anger him.

1738 Pope Epil. to Satires ii. 11 It anger'd Turenne..To see a Footman kick'd that took his pay.

1809 R. Southey Lett. II. 165 It angers me when people..depreciate the Spaniards.

†c. refl. To vex oneself, become angry. Obs.

a1450 Knt. de la Tour (1868) 20 Anger you not..of that that he saithe.

c1540 Destr. Troy vi. 2236 Angurs you noht.

c1540 Destr. Troy xvi. 7329 He angurt hym full euyll.

d. intr. (refl. pron. omitted.) rare.

c1540 Destr. Troy xv. 6911 Vlixes..angrit full sore.

1786 R. Burns Poems 26 When neebors anger at a plea.

†3. To irritate or inflame a sore. Obs. or dial.

a1626 Bacon Wks. (Spedding) VI. 411 He..maketh the wound bleed inwards, and angereth malign ulcers.

1733 Pope Impertinent 9 Itch most hurts, when anger'd to a Sore.

1760 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy II. iv. 25 Uncle Toby perceiving that [it]..angered his wound,..left off the study of projectiles.

Thesaurus

[NOUN]the mind > emotion or feeling > anger > [noun] (70) Sort by: Date | A-Z

irrec825

Anger, wrath.

gramec1000

Anger, wrath, ire. Obs.

wrathc1175

In general use. Occas. personif.

brath?c1200

Impetuosity, violence, wrath, ire.

mooda1225

Anger, wrath. to pick (also peck) mood: to take offence, become angry. Obs.

felonyc1290

Anger, wrath. Obs. After Old French in which it is very common.

irea1300

Anger; wrath. Now chiefly poet. and rhet.

greme13..

Anger; wrath.

thro1303

Struggle, contest; trouble.

wrathhead1303

wrath; deep anger.

errorc1320

Chagrin, fury, vexation; a wandering of the feelings; extravagance of passion. Obs.

felonc1325

= FELONY n. 1 2 Obs.

gremth1340-70

Anger; rage.

iroura1380

Ire, anger.

brethc1380

Ire, fury, rage.

couragec1386

Confidence, boldness. Obs.

heavinessc1386

Enraged feeling, displeasure, anger. Obs.

anger1393

The active feeling provoked against the agent; passion, rage; wrath, ire, hot displeasure.

wrathnessc1440

Anger.

choler1530

Anger, heat of temper, wrath; choleric disposition, irascibility. Cf. BILE n., GALL n., SPLEEN n.

blast1535

Angry breath, rage. Obs.

follyc1540

Madness, insanity, mania (= French folie); hence, rage, anger. Obs.

excandescency1604

Anger, passion.

bad blood1755

ill feeling, animosity, antipathy, as between rival families, organizations, etc. (cf. BLOOD n. 11).

corruption1799

Evil nature, ‘the old Adam’; anger, ‘temper’. Now colloq. or dial.

the needle1874

anger, bad temper, pique, irritation; (also occas. as a count noun) a fit or display of irritation, temper, etc. Chiefly in to get the needle…

irateness1961

anger.

Subcategories:

— angry temper (2) — state or condition of anger (13) — heat of anger (5) — seat of anger (2) — act done in anger (1) — boiling up of anger (1) — becoming angry (2) — state or condition of being easily provoked (1) — heated state approaching anger (1) — causing anger (14) — bitter anger (1)

BE ANGRY [VERB (INTRANSITIVE)]the mind > emotion or feeling > anger > be angry [verb (intransitive)] (74) Sort by: Date | A-Z

wrethec900

intr. To become or be angry; = WRATH v. 1.

wratha1225

intr. To be or become angry, wrathful, or wroth; to feel, manifest, or exhibit anger; to rage.

anbelȝenc1275

To be enraged.

wrakea1300

To be wroth or angry. rare.

grievec1350

intr. To feel annoyance or anger. Obs.

sweata1400-50

To suffer perturbation of mind; to be vexed; to fume, rage. Now rare or Obs.

angerc1540

intr. (refl. pron. omitted.) rare.

smoke1548

To fume, be angry. Obs.

to put or set up the back1728

to put or set up the back: to arch it as angry cats do; to put oneself or another into anger; to arouse.

to have ( also get) one's monkey up1833

Chiefly Brit. to have (also get) one's monkey up and variants: to be angry. So to put a person's monkey up.

to get ( also have) the pricker1871

orig. Austral. A device studded with sharp points, attached to the side of a horse's snaffle. Freq. in to get (also have) the pricker (Austral.…

to have, get a cob on1937

Phr. to have, get a cob on, to be annoyed, to become angry.

Subcategories:

— become angry (53) — burn or boil with anger (9)

BECOME ANGRY [VERB (REFLEXIVE)]the mind > emotion or feeling > anger > become angry [verb (reflexive)] (7) Sort by: Date | A-Z

i-wrathec1075

trans. To make angry or wroth; refl. to become angry.

wratha1225

refl. To wax, become, or grow angry.

wrethec1275

refl. To wax angry; = WRATH v. 3.

movec1300

trans. (refl.). To become excited or angry; to be perturbed. Also: to stir or rouse oneself to action. Obs.

grieve1377

refl. To grow angry. Obs.

wrothc1425

refl. To become wrathful or angry.

angera1450

refl. To vex oneself, become angry. Obs.

UPSET OR PERTURB [VERB (TRANSITIVE)]the mind > emotion or feeling > mental pain or suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > upset or perturb [verb (transitive)] (67) Sort by: Date | A-Z

to-wendc893

trans. To turn over; to overthrow, demolish; to turn upside down, disturb greatly.

dreveOE

trans. To trouble, disturb, agitate.

anger?c1200

To distress, trouble, vex, hurt, wound. Obs.

mingc1225

To stir up. Also fig.: to disturb, trouble, confuse. Also intr. Obs.

sturb?c1225

trans. To disturb, trouble, upset.

troublec1230

To put into a state of (mental) agitation or disquiet; to disturb, distress, grieve, perplex.

worec1230

trans. To trouble, disturb, confuse.

disturbc1290

trans. To agitate and destroy (quiet, peace, rest); to break up the quiet, tranquillity, or rest of (a person, a country, etc.); to stir up, trouble, disquiet.

drovea1300

trans. To trouble, disturb.

sturble1303

trans. To disturb, trouble.

movea1325

trans. To rouse or excite feeling in (a person); to affect with emotion, esp. with tender feeling or compassion; to stir (the feelings…

disturblec1330

trans. To disturb, trouble.

drubblea1340

trans. To trouble, disturb.

distroublec1369

trans. To disturb, trouble greatly.

tempestc1374

fig. To disturb violently (a person, the mind).

outsturba1382

With out- in place of Latin ex-, e-, in translations from Latin, as outcorporate, outsturb, outvirtuate. Obs.

strouble1382

trans. To disturb, trouble.

unquiet1382

trans. To disturb the quiet of; to disquiet.

unrest1382

trans. To disturb, trouble.

conturb1393

trans. To disturb greatly, perturb.

mismaya1400

trans. To trouble, disturb; to perturb. Chiefly refl.

uneasec1400

trans. To incommode, trouble, distress.

perturbc1425

trans. To disturb mentally; to trouble, upset, agitate, discompose (a person, mind, etc.). Also in early use: to affect adversely; to dampen.

pertrouble?1435

trans. To perturb or trouble greatly; to agitate. Sc. in later use.

discompose1483

(persons, or their minds, feelings, etc.).

inquiet1486

To render uneasy; to disquiet; to disturb (in mind). Obs. or arch.

smite1488

To distress or perturb (a person, the mind, conscience, etc.).

toss1526

To disquiet or agitate in mind; to set in commotion, as by shifting opinions, feelings, circumstances, or influences; to disturb, disorder.

alter1529

trans. To affect mentally; to disturb. Usu. in pass. Obs.

discomfit1530

To throw into perplexity, confusion, or dejection; to cast down utterly; to disconcert.

disquiet1530

trans. To deprive of quietness, peace, or rest, bodily or mental; to trouble, disturb, alarm; to make uneasy or restless.

turmoil1530

trans. To agitate, disquiet, disturb; to throw into commotion and confusion; to trouble, harass, worry, torment. Often to toss and turmoil. Now somewhat rare.

perturbate1533

trans. To disturb or trouble physically or mentally; to agitate. Cf. PERTURB v.

unquemec1540

to trouble, unsettle.

broil1548

To involve in confusion or disorder; to agitate, discompose (a person); to ‘set by the ears’, embroil. Obs.

shake1567

To move or stir the feelings of; to disturb, upset. Also, to upset the composure or complacency of (someone) (colloq.).

parbruilyiec1586

trans. To confuse, perplex. Cf. BARBULYE v.

agitate1587

trans. To disturb, perturb, or stir up (the mind, emotions, etc.).

roil1590

trans. To make (water) turbid or muddy by stirring up sediment. Freq. fig. or in figurative contexts, now esp. in to roil the waters and variants. Cf. RILE v. 2.

transpose1594

To discompose, disturb the mental composure of. Obs. rare.

shog1636

fig. To ‘shake’ mentally; to upset, discompose; to irritate, annoy. Obs.

untune1638

fig. To disorder; to discompose; to render unapt or averse to (something).

disorder1655

trans. To disturb the mind or feelings of; to agitate, discompose, disconcert. Obs.

begruntlea1670

to make uneasy.

pother1692

trans. To put (a person) into a pother; to fluster, worry; to perplex, confuse.

ruffle1701

To trouble or disturb (the peace, a state of mind, etc.).

tempestuate1702

= TEMPEST v.

disconcert1716

To disturb the complacency of self-possession of; to confuse, ruffle, ‘put out’. Also absol.

rough1777

To use rough language to (a person).

to put out1796

To cause to lose one's equanimity; to distress, upset; (in later use esp.) to annoy, irritate, vex. Usu. in pass.

upset1805

To throw into mental disorder or discomposure; to trouble or distress.

faze1830

trans. To discompose, disturb.

to put about1843

Chiefly Sc. and Eng. regional (north.). To perturb, disconcert, upset, distress. Cf. to put out 9b at 1 to put out 9d at 1.

raft1844

trans. To disturb, disquiet, unsettle; to rouse. Also with up. Usu. in pass.

queer1845

trans. To cause (a person) to feel queer; to disconcert, perturb, unsettle. Now rare.

discomfort1856

Now in weakened sense: To make uncomfortable or uneasy (mentally or physically).

rattle1865

trans. colloq. (orig. U.S.). To fluster, disconcert; to make nervous, alarm, or frighten. Also: to irritate. Also occas. intr.: to become flustered or alarmed.

to turn over1865

To distress, upset, affect with nausea. Cf. sense to turn up 11 at Phrasal verbs. colloq.

untranquillize1874

(UN- prefix 6c.)

rock1881

fig. To cause to be emotionally or psychologically shaken; to render bewildered or distressed; to shock; to perturb; to dumbfound. Cf. to rock a person's world at 3.

hack1892

To embarrass, annoy; to disconcert, confuse. Freq. as hacked adj. U.S. slang or dial.

to shake up1897

To upset the nerves of, agitate, confuse.

to put off1909

To cause to lose concentration; to disconcert, confuse, ‘throw’. Also: to cause to be mistaken, to mislead.

to go ( also pass) through a phase1913

A temporarily difficult or unhappy period of personal development, esp. of adolescence. Freq. in to go (also pass) through a phase.

Subcategories:

— by interruption (1) — of the heart or conscience (1) — spend in disquiet (1)

ANNOY OF VEXthe mind > emotion or feeling > mental pain or suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > be annoyed or vexed by [verb (transitive)] > annoy or vex (94) Sort by: Date | A-Z

gremec893

trans. To anger, grieve; to vex.

dretchc900

trans. To afflict, torment, vex; in Middle English esp. to trouble in sleep.

teen971

To vex, irritate, annoy, anger, enrage.

awhenec1000

To vex, trouble.

annoy1250

trans. To affect (a person) in a way that disturbs his equanimity, hurts his susceptibilities, or causes slight irritation. (Refers to…

fretc1290

trans. To chafe, irritate. Chiefly with regard to the mind: To annoy, distress, vex, worry. Also, to fret oneself; and to bring into or to (a specified condition) by worrying. Cf. FRET v. 1.

atrayc1320

To vex, trouble.

encumberc1330

To cause suffering or inconvenience to. Obs.

diseasec1340

trans. To deprive of ease, make uneasy; to put to discomfort or inconvenience; to trouble, annoy, incommode, molest. Obs.

grindc1350

To afflict, to torment; physically and mentally. Also absol. Now only U.S., to annoy, vex.

anger1377

trans.

distemperc1386

From the notion that attributed the ‘humour’ or ‘temper’ to the preponderance of one or other of the bodily humours: To disturb or…

offenda1387

trans. To hurt or wound the feelings or susceptibilities of; to be displeasing or disagreeable to; to vex, annoy, displease, anger; (now esp.)…

arra1400

To anger, vex, worry.

avexa1400

To annoy, distress, VEX adj.

derea1400

To trouble, grieve, vex, annoy, incommode.

miscomforta1400

trans. To trouble, distress, disturb.

engrievec1400

trans. To cause grief or pain to; to annoy, hurt, vex. Also absol. To do harm, be troublesome.

molesta1425

To cause trouble, grief, or vexation to; to disturb, annoy, inconvenience. Occas. intr. Now rare.

destroublea1450

trans. To trouble; to make it troublesome for.

poina1450

trans. To prick; (fig.) to harass, annoy.

vexa1450

To affect with a feeling of dissatisfaction, annoyance, or irritation; to cause (one) to fret, grieve, or feel unhappy.

rubc1450

trans. fig. and in figurative contexts. To irritate (a sore spot); to annoy. Also intr. with against (also on, upon): to cause…

entrouble1477

trans. To render troubled.

disprofit1483

trans. To bring disadvantage to; to injure, incommode, inconvenience.

agrea1492

trans. To torment, vex.

trouble1515

To distress with something disagreeable and unwelcome; to vex, annoy; to tease, plague, worry, pester, bother. †Also intr. with with (obs.).

to wring ( a person ) on the mailsc1522

fig. In phrases the mail wries (also wrings): fortune turns, things turn out (usually badly); to wring (a person) on the mails: to cause trouble to. Obs.

touch1535

To grieve, vex; to injure, harm: esp. in a slight degree. ? Obs. (or merged in 23). Cf. 5.

grig1553

trans. To irritate, annoy.

nip?1553

trans. To touch or concern (a person) closely; to vex, to distress. Also intr. Obs.

grate1555

fig. To affect painfully, as if by abrasion; to fret, harass, irritate. Now rare.

gripe1559

To grieve, afflict, distress.

spitec1563

To fill with spite or vexation; to annoy, offend, irritate.

fike1572

trans. To vex, trouble. to fike one's noddle: to trouble one's head. Also, to shrug (the shoulders).

gall1573

To harass or annoy mentally, render sore in spirit, irritate.

corsie1574

trans. To treat with a corrosive; fig. to vex, afflict, distress.

corrosive1581

trans. To apply a corrosive to; to consume or ‘fret’ as a corrosive; to worry, vex, annoy, distress.

macerate1588

trans. To render weak, as if by physical wasting; to vex, worry. Obs.

perplex1590

trans. To trouble, afflict, torment. Now rare.

thorn1592

To prick with or as with a thorn; to vex.

exulcerate1593

fig. To fret as with an ulcer; to exasperate, irritate; to aggravate (a disease, sorrow).

plague1595

To trouble, tease, bother, annoy, or pester, usually repeatedly, insistently, or constantly; to constitute a nuisance, threat, or danger to. Freq. in pass.

incommode1598

trans. To subject to inconvenience or discomfort; to trouble, annoy, molest, embarrass, inconvenience.

affret1600

trans. To distress, worry, trouble. Cf. AFRET adj.

brier1601

trans. To catch or annoy like briers.

to gall or tread on (one's) kibes1603

fig. in phrases, as: to gall or tread on (one's) kibes, to press upon closely so as to irritate or annoy, to hurt one's feelings; to tread or follow…

discommodate1610

trans. To put to inconvenience; to disturb, trouble; = DISCOMMODE v.

disaccommodate1611

trans. To put to inconvenience, to incommode; the reverse of to ACCOMMODATE adj.

incommodate1611

trans. = INCOMMODE v. 1.

to grate on or upon1631

To have an irritating effect on or upon.

disincommodate1635

Erroneous mixture of discommodate and incommodate.

shog1636

fig. To ‘shake’ mentally; to upset, discompose; to irritate, annoy. Obs.

ulcerate1647

fig. To affect after the manner of an ulcer; to irritate; to wound or poison.

incommodiate1650

= INCOMMODE v.

discommodiate1654

= DISCOMMODE v.

ruffle1659

To annoy, irritate, or unsettle (a person, the mind, etc.).

disoblige1668

In more concrete sense: To inconvenience, incommode, annoy. Obs. or dial.

to put ( a person ) out of his, or the, way1692

to put (a person) out of his, or the, way: to disturb, inconvenience, trouble; †to disappoint, foil; †to vex, ‘put out’. Often refl., to…

torment1718

In lighter sense: To tease or worry excessively; to trouble, ‘plague’.

discommode1721

trans. To put to inconvenience or trouble; to incommode, inconvenience.

chagrin1734

trans. To trouble, vex, worry, grieve. arch.

pingle1740

trans. (in pass.). Sc. To be hard-pressed; to be troubled, worried, or oppressed.

bothera1745

trans. To give trouble to; to pester, annoy, worry. Also refl., and in phrase to bother one's head, one's brains: to trouble oneself with thinking.

potter1747

trans. To poke; to move or stir (anything) by thrusting or prodding. Now rare.

wherrit1762

trans. To tease, pester, annoy.

to play up1803

trans. Chiefly Brit. To tease, annoy, or irritate; to give trouble to.

tout1808

To irritate, vex, tease. Cf. TOUT n.

rasp1810

trans. To grate upon, to irritate.

outrage1818

To cause (a person or group of people) to feel profound indignation, anger, or shock; to offend deeply. Occas. intr.

worrit1818

trans. To worry, distress, vex, pester.

werrit1825

trans. To tease, annoy.

taigle1865

To ‘catch’ or entangle in talk; to embarrass.

get1867

To exercise, worry, annoy. colloq. (orig. U.S.).

nark1888

trans. To annoy, exasperate, infuriate.

eat1893

To disturb, vex. Also intr. in to eat at. (Cf. BITE v. 13b) orig. U.S.

to give a person the pip1896

to have (also get) the pip: to be (or become) depressed, despondent, or unwell. to give a person the pip: to annoy or irritate; to make angry, bad-tempered, or dispirited.

to twist the tail1909

to twist the tail (of a person): to annoy, to coerce (someone). to twist the lion's tail (U.S.): to provoke the resentment of British people.

to get across1921

trans. To annoy, get on the wrong side of (someone). slang.

sore1929

With up. To annoy. colloq. (orig. U.S.). rare.

to put up1930

To annoy (a person); to ‘wind up’, stir up. Now rare.

wouldn't it rip you1941

Austral. slang. wouldn't it rip you!: used as an expression of intense annoyance or exasperation. Cf. wouldn't it? at WILL v. 47b.

to wind up1984

fig. To set in readiness for action; to raise (feeling) to a high degree; now usually, to put into a state

of tension or intensity of…

to-teen-

to injure or annoy greatly: see quot. s.v. to-tray v.

Subcategories:

— excessively (1) — by repeating something (1) — tease (8)

DISCONTENT WITH PREVAILING STATE OF AFFAIRSthe mind > emotion or feeling > mental pain or suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > [noun] > discontent with prevailing state of affairs (3) Sort by: Date | A-Z

anger1937

As a literary nonce-use (quot. 1937). Later with overt or implicit reference to J. Osborne's play Look Back in Anger (first performed 1956). Cf. ANGRY adj. 3c.

Subcategories:

— person (2)

IRRITATEthe external world > the living world > health > ill health > pain > types of pain > affect with type of pain [verb (transitive)] > irritate (9) Sort by: Date | A-Z

ranklec1450

trans. To cause (flesh, wounds, etc.) to fester; to make painful. Also with up. Also in figurative contexts. Obs.

exasperate1552

To irritate physically; to render sore, chafe.

prorite1574

trans. = PRORITATE v.

vellicate1604

trans. Of things: To act upon or affect so as to irritate; esp. to pluck, nip, pinch, or tear (a part of the body) by means of small or sharp points.

proritate1620

trans. To provoke, incite; to irritate.

angera1626

To irritate or inflame a sore. Obs. or dial.

irritate1674

Pathol. To excite (a bodily organ or part) to morbid action, or to abnormal condition; to bring into a morbidly excited condition, or produce an uneasy sensation in.

aggravate1835

To irritate (physically); to inflame.

Subcategories:

— itch (1)

[NOUN]the external world > the living world > health > ill health > a disease > inflammation > [noun] (21) Sort by: Date | A-Z

heatc1000

High temperature in the body arising from a disordered condition, as in inflammation or fever; inflamed or feverish state.

anger1377

Physical affliction or pain; inflammatory state of any part of the body. (Still dial.)

burning1382

Heat attendant upon disease or a serpent's bite; the disease itself; esp. erysipelas or St. Anthony's fire, and venereal disease. Obs.

firec1386

Burning heat produced by disease; fever, inflammation. Also disease viewed as a consuming agency. St. Anthony's fire: a name for one…

phlegmona1398

An inflammatory mass or localized area of inflammation; diffuse, spreading inflammation, often with suppuration, esp. of soft tissue; cellulitis.

disdainc1400

fig. Of a wound: Angriness, inflamed condition. Obs. rare. (Cf. PROUD FLESH n.)

scaldingc1450

Inflamed or sore condition. (Cf. SCALDED adj. 2.)

brounes1528

? Burning, inflammation.

combustion?1541

inflammation. Obs.

inflammation1541

Pathol. A morbid process affecting some organ or part of the body, characterized by excessive heat, swelling, pain, and redness; also, a particular instance or occurrence of this.

inflaming1547

The action of the verb INFLAME v.; inflammation.

incension1598

Bodily heating or inflammation.

fieriness1600

Inflammation; fieriness of the face = ERYSIPELAS n. Obs.

angriness1612

Inflamed condition of a sore or wound.

exustion1657

Heat attendant upon disease.

phlogosis1666

Inflammation; an instance or area of inflammation.

phlegmasia1706

Inflammation; an instance of this. Now rare or disused.

scald1882

transf. Inflammation caused by heat; an inflamed part. Also, applied to diseases which produce a similar effect to that of scalding.

Subcategories:

— agent producing (1) — caused by rubbing (1) — disappearance without suppuration (1)

TRIBULATION, TROUBLE, OR AFFLICTIONthe external world > abstract properties > action or operation > adversity or affliction > [noun] >

tribulation, trouble, or affliction (93) Sort by: Date | A-Z

harmOE

Grief, sorrow, pain, trouble, distress, affliction. Also with a and pl. to make harms (quot. 1480): to make lamentation. Obs.

trayOE

Pain, grief, affliction, trouble, vexation; esp. in alliterative phr. tray and teen, teen and tray.

ange?c1200

Trouble, affliction, anguish.

wosithc1200

Trouble, affliction.

ail?c1225

Trouble, affliction; (in later use esp.) illness, disease. In early use also: harm. Obs.

barrat?c1225

Trouble, distress, sorrow, grief, pain.

misease?c1225

Distress, affliction; trouble, misery; extreme suffering or discomfort. Formerly also in pl.

passion?c1225

gen. A suffering or affliction of any kind. Obs.

troublec1230

Disturbance of mind or feelings; worry, vexation; affliction; grief; perplexity; distress.

sorenessc1275

Distress, trouble, misfortune. Obs.

teenc1290

Affliction, trouble, suffering, grief, woe. arch.

grievancea1300

The state or fact of being oppressed, injured, or distressed; trouble, distress; suffering, pain. Obs.

cumbermentc1300

Trouble, distress (obs.).

threst13..

Torment, affliction, trouble, hardship.

cumbering1303

The action of the verb CUMBER v.; †trouble, distress (obs.); hindrance, encumbrance, embarrassment.

thro1303

Struggle, contest; trouble.

angera1325

That which pains or afflicts, or the passive feeling which it produces; trouble, affliction, vexation, sorrow. 2. Obs.

strifea1325

occas. (for rhyme). Trouble, toil, pain, distress. Obs.

encumbrancec1330

Encumbered state or condition; trouble, molestation, perplexity. Obs.

tribulationc1330

A condition of great affliction, oppression, or misery; ‘persecution; distress; vexation; disturbance of life’ (Johnson).

mischiefa1375

Evil plight or condition; ill-fortune; trouble, distress. Also (in early use): need, want, poverty. Obs.

pressc1375

The condition of being hard pressed; a position of difficulty, trouble, or danger; a critical situation; straits, distress, tribulation. Now rare (U.S. regional in later use).

unhend1377

n. Trouble, mischief.

miseasetya1382

= MISEASE n.

angernessc1390

Trouble, affliction.

molestc1390

Trouble, hardship; molestation, injury.

sourc1400

That which is sour, in lit. or fig. senses. Used without article, or with the, a, etc.

troublancec1400

The action of troubling or state of being troubled; disturbance; trouble, sorrow, pain. (In later use only Sc.)

sweamc1430

Grief, affliction. to think sweam (impers. with dat.): to be grievous to. to be sweam: to be a pity. So for sweam!

miseasenessc1450

Trouble, affliction.

unseasonableness?1523

Of weather.

cumberc1540

Trouble, distress, embarrassment, inconvenience. Obs. or arch.

troublesomeness1561

Trouble, affliction, distress. Obs.

tribulance1575

Tribulation.

tine1590

Affliction, trouble, sorrow.

pressure1648

A state of (esp. financial) difficulty or trouble; (in pl.) †straits, difficulties (obs.). Now usu. in extended use: an external force…

difficulty1705

An embarrassement of affairs; a condition in which action, co-operation, or progress is difficult; a trouble; often spec. a pecuniary embarrassment. (Usually in pl.)

hell to pay1758

hell to pay: great trouble, discord, pandemonium, esp. as a result of a previous or proposed action.

Queer Street1811

an imaginary street where people in difficulties (esp. financial ones) are supposed to reside; (hence) the fact of being in a difficult position, in trouble, etc.

Sturm und Drang1885

see storm and stress at STORM n. 3d.

a thin time1924

Phr. a thin time: a wretched period of experience. colloq.

shit1929

Misfortune, unpleasantness. Esp. in to be in the shit (also to be in deep shit): to be in (severe) trouble or difficulty.

shtook1936

Trouble; esp. in phr. in (dead) shtook.

Subcategories:

— a regrettable state of affairs (1) — state of misery (28) — having no resources left (2) — wretched person (19)