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{{11}}anger (n.) mid-13c., "distress, suffering; anguish, agony," also "hostile attitude, ill will, surliness," from O.N. angr "distress, grief. sorrow, affliction," from the same root as ANGER (Cf. anger) (v.). Sense of "rage, wrath" is early 14c. O.N. also had angr-gapi "rash, foolish person;" angr-lauss "free from care;" angr-lyndi "sadness, low spirits."
{{12}}anger (v.) c.1200, "to irritate, annoy, provoke," from O.N. angra "to grieve, vex, distress; to be vexed at, take offense with," from P.Gmc. *angus (Cf. O.E. enge "narrow, painful," M.Du. enghe, Goth. aggwus "narrow"), from PIE root *angh- "tight, painfully constricted, painful" (Cf. Skt. amhu- "narrow," amhah "anguish;" Armenian anjuk "narrow;" Lith. ankstas "narrow;" Gk. ankhein "to squeeze," ankhone "a strangling;" L. angere "to throttle, torment;" O.Ir. cum-ang "straitness, want"). In Middle English, also of physical pain. Meaning "excite to wrath, make angry" is from late 14c. Related: Angered; angering.

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