Word of the Day: Anger

anger

an-ger / ăng-gər

noun

1. feelings of hostility, rage or displeasure

Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.

Mark Twain, pen name of Samuel L. Clemens, 1835 – 1910

verb

1. to provoke feelings of hostility, rage or displeasure; to make angry

He who angers you conquers you.

Elizabeth Kenny, 1880 – 1952

2. to become upset with feelings of hostility, rage or displeasure

He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty,

And he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city.

Proverbs 16:32 (NKJV)