Definition of choler Choler
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We found 9 definitions of choler from 5 different sources.
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What does choler mean?
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| choler - a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance | ||
| anger, ire | ||
| emotion any strong feeling | ||
| fury, madness, rage a feeling of intense anger; "hell hath no fury like a woman scorned"; "his face turned red with rage" | ||
| enragement, infuriation a feeling of intense anger | ||
| umbrage, offence, offense a feeling of anger caused by being offended; "he took offence at my question" | ||
| indignation, outrage a feeling of righteous anger | ||
| huffiness a passing state of anger and resentment | ||
| hackles, dander a feeling of anger and animosity; "having one's hackles or dander up" | ||
| bad temper, ill temper a persisting angry mood | ||
| choler - an irritable petulant feeling | ||
| irritability, crossness, fretfulness, fussiness, peevishness, petulance | ||
| ill humor, ill humour, distemper an angry and disagreeable mood | ||
| testiness, tetchiness, touchiness feeling easily irritated | ||
| choler - a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the liver and to cause irritability and anger | ||
| yellow bile | ||
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Wiktionary 
- choler (Noun)
Anger or irritability. - choler (Noun)
One of the four humours of ancient physiology, also known as yellow bile .
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- choler (n.)
The bile; -- formerly supposed to be the seat and cause of irascibility. - choler (n.)
Irritation of the passions; anger; wrath.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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choler
kol′ėr, n. the bile: (Shak.) biliousness: anger, irascibility.—adj. Chol′eric, full of choler: passionate. [Fr.,—L.,—Gr. cholera—cholē, bile.]
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🔤- choler, noun, singular of cholers.
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