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Meaning of choler | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. Anger or irritability.
    uncountable, usually
  2. Synonym of yellow bile.
    historical, uncountable, usually

Equivalents

Nederlands wrok
Português cólera
Svenska ilska

Examples

“Threatned with frowning wrath and iealouſie, Surpriz’d with feare and hideous reuenge, I ſtand agaſt: but moſt aſtonied To ſee his choller ſhut in ſecrete thoughtes, And wrapt in ſilence of his angry ſoule.”
“This roused the tinker's choler, already provoked at Tugwell's amorous freedom with his doxy, and he gave him a click in the mazard. Tugwell had not been used tamely to receive a kick or a cuff; he, therefore, gave the tinker a rejoinder, […]”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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