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choler

 
Dictionary: chol·er   (kŏl'ər, kō'lər) pronunciation
n.
  1. Anger; irritability.
    1. One of the four humors of ancient and medieval physiology, thought to cause anger and bad temper when present in excess; yellow bile.
    2. Obsolete. The quality and condition of being bilious.

[Middle English colre, from Old French, from Latin cholera, cholera, jaundice, from Greek kholera, from kholē, bile.]


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noun

    A strong feeling of displeasure or hostility: anger, indignation, irateness, ire. See feelings.

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IN BRIEF: Anger or ill humor.

pronunciation The hermit was said to suffer from choler and was avoided because of that.

Tutor's tip: A "choler" is an anger or rage, "cholera" is a disease of the gastrointestinal system, a "collar" is a part of the clothing around the neck, "color" is the light waves of the spectrum reflected on the eye as red, green, blue, and so on, while a "culler" i

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - galde, vrede

Nederlands (Dutch)
gal, zwaarmoedigheid

Français (French)
n. - colère

Deutsch (German)
n. - Galle

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - χολή

Italiano (Italian)
bile

Português (Portuguese)
n. - bílis (f)

Русский (Russian)
ярость, гнев

Español (Spanish)
n. - cólera, bilis, enojo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - galla, vrede (poet.)

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
脾气暴躁, 胆汁

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 脾氣暴躁, 膽汁

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 성마름, 불뚱이, 담즙

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 短気, 気むずかしさ, 怒り

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) غضب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮חימה, כעס‬


 
 
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