choler
Rage, old-fashioned
Choler is anger or irritability, now archaic or literary.
The word comes from one of the four bodily humors in ancient medicine—yellow bile, believed to cause an angry temperament when in excess.
The adjective choleric remains more current: a choleric disposition, a choleric outburst.
Intense, violent anger
- wrathFierce, punishing anger
- furyIntense violent anger
- ireIntense fury
- irascibilityTendency to anger easily
hot-tempered · irritability · outburst · bile · spleen · tantrum · indignation · vexation
Fierce, punishing anger
- ireIntense fury
- spleenBlood-filtering abdominal organ
- bileLiver-made digestive fluid
- passionIntense emotional drive
dudgeon · pique · umbrage · dander · huff · pet · temper · Elizabethan
Abdominal detoxifying organ
- gallbladderBile storage organ
- digestionBodily food breakdown
- bilirubinHemoglobin degradation byproduct
- hepaticRelating to liver
secretion · yellow bile · bitter · gastrointestinal · emulsification · ducts · jaundice · cholesterol
Humor causing irritability
- four humorsClassical medical fluid theory
- phlegmViscous airway secretion
- sanguineCheerfully optimistic temperament
- black bileHumor causing gloom
Hippocrates · Galen · temperament · bodily fluids · imbalance · fiery · summer · ancient medicine
Inborn behavioral nature
- hot-temperedProne to quick anger
- fieryIntensely hot or passionate
- irascibleProne to outbursts
- passionateIntensely emotional or enthusiastic
quick to anger · ambitious · driven · dominant · assertive · impatient · restless · energetic
rage
Intense, violent anger
irascibility · hot-tempered · irritability · outburst · bile · spleen · tantrum · indignation · vexation · peevishness
wrath
Fierce, punishing anger
passion · dudgeon · pique · umbrage · dander · huff · pet · temper · Elizabethan · Shakespearean
liver
Abdominal detoxifying organ
- gallbladderBile storage organ
- digestionBodily food breakdown
- bilirubinHemoglobin degradation byproduct
hepatic · secretion · yellow bile · bitter · gastrointestinal · emulsification · ducts · jaundice · cholesterol · alkaline
yellow bile
Humor causing irritability
- four humorsClassical medical fluid theory
- phlegmViscous airway secretion
- sanguineCheerfully optimistic temperament
black bile · Hippocrates · Galen · temperament · bodily fluids · imbalance · fiery · summer · ancient medicine · constitution
temperament
Inborn behavioral nature
- hot-temperedProne to quick anger
- fieryIntensely hot or passionate
- irascibleProne to outbursts
quick to anger · passionate · ambitious · driven · dominant · assertive · impatient · restless · energetic · volatile
- Humors and Passionspassions, humors, phlegm, anger, joy
- medieval medicinebloodletting, leeching, four humors, humors, barber-surgeons
- humorsblood, phlegm, yellow bile, black bile, melancholic
- emotionsjoy, anger, fear, sadness, love
- bodyflesh, skin, bones, muscle, bone
- old medicinebloodletting, leeches, leech therapy, leeching, cupping
cholercalmness
Peaceful mental state
serenity · tranquility · placidity · composure · equanimity
cholerpatience
Calm during delays
forbearance · equanimity · long-suffering · tolerance · gentleness
- cholera epidemicOutbreak of severe diarrheal disease
- cholera outbreakSudden spread of intestinal infection
- cholera vaccineImmunization against intestinal plague