Synonyms of choler

choler

noun

ˈkä-lər 

1

as in anger

an intense emotional state of displeasure with someone or something

he felt his choler rising and choked back an angry reply

Synonyms & Similar Words

• anger
• indignation
• rage
• fury
• wrath
• outrage
• mood
• irritation
• wrathfulness
• exasperation
• spleen
• irritability
• ire
• bitterness
• madness
• jealousy
• resentment
• hostility
• temper
• contempt
• angriness
• lividity
• malice
• annoyance
• furor
• mad
• slow burn
• grudge
• bile
• vexation
• animosity
• venom
• outburst
• antagonism
• birse
• biliousness
• rancor
• enmity
• spite
• lividness
• antipathy
• envy
• embitterment
• acrimony
• jaundice
• pugnacity
• aggravation
• malevolence
• virulence
• vindictiveness
• vengefulness
• irateness
• irascibility
• pique
• dudgeon
• vitriol
• belligerence
• contentiousness
• heat
• crankiness
• contrariness
• querulousness
• dander
• warmth
• delirium
• flare
• pet
• pugnaciousness
• hot-headedness
• quarrelsomeness
• orneriness
• huff
• rise
• chafe
• road rage
• acrimoniousness
• ruffle
• passion
• blowup
• empoisonment
• flare-up
• air rage
• disputatiousness
• irascibleness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• pleasure
• delight
• patience
• forbearance
• calmness

2

as in irritability

readiness to show annoyance or impatience

the boss's reputation for choler made many employees reluctant to ask questions

Synonyms & Similar Words

• irritability
• irritableness
• anger
• aggression
• indignation
• crossness
• hostility
• peevishness
• biliousness
• aggressiveness
• petulance
• testiness
• irascibility
• sensitivity
• perverseness
• crankiness
• exasperation
• rage
• grouchiness
• wrath
• perversity
• grumpiness
• fury
• huffiness
• fretfulness
• sulkiness
• disagreeableness
• rudeness
• crotchetiness
• waspishness
• pugnacity
• dyspepsia
• pettishness
• surliness
• combativeness
• fight
• belligerence
• contentiousness
• truculence
• querulousness
• cantankerousness
• bellicosity
• orneriness
• irascibleness
• belligerency
• animosity
• contrariness
• antagonism
• pugnaciousness
• rancor
• touchiness
• crustiness
• spleen
• passion
• antipathy
• jaundice
• feistiness
• fierceness
• curmudgeonliness
• quarrelsomeness
• unfriendliness
• supersensitivity
• scrappiness
• fussiness
• truculency
• disputatiousness
• oversensitiveness
• hot-bloodedness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• understanding
• tolerance
• patience
• forbearance
• long-suffering
• cordiality
• affability
• geniality
• agreeableness
• sociability
• friendliness
• amiableness
• amiability
• amicability
• coolness
• tranquillity
• amenity
• kindliness
• gentleness
• mildness
• serenity
• tranquility
• good-naturedness
• good-humoredness
• good-temperedness
• easygoingness

Examples of choler in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The medical theory at the time was none other than the four humours of ancient medicine — whereby the blood, phlegm, black bile, and choler in your body supposedly dictated your physical and psychological well being. —Mina Seçkin, refinery29.com, 17 Nov. 2021

But Trump’s Achilles-like choler is also an Achilles heel. —Katy Waldman, Slate Magazine, 11 May 2017