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choler
noun 2
Collocations
2VERB + CHOLER
roused
ADV.
already
Definitions
noun
1
Anger or irritability.
Threatned with frowning wrath and iealouſie, Surpriz’d with feare and hideous reuenge, I ſtand agaſt: but moſt aſtonied To ſee his choller ſhut in ſecrete thoughtes, And wrapt in ſilence of his angry ſoule.
This roused the tinker's choler, already provoked at Tugwell's amorous freedom with his doxy, and he gave him a click in the mazard. Tugwell had not been used tamely to receive a kick or a cuff; he, therefore, gave the tinker a rejoinder, […]
2
Synonym of yellow bile.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — an irritable petulant feeling
- irritability
- crossness
- fretfulness
- fussiness
- peevishness
- petulance
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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Threatned with frowning wrath and iealouſie, Surpriz’d with feare and hideous reuenge, I ſtand agaſt: but moſt aſtonied To ſee his choller ſhut in ſecrete thoughtes, And wrapt in ſilence of his angry
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This roused the tinker's choler, already provoked at Tugwell's amorous freedom with his doxy, and he gave him a click in the mazard. Tugwell had not been used tamely to receive a kick or a cuff; he, t
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