spleen
noun [U] (ANGER) /spliːn/ formalDefinition
› a feeling of anger and disagreement: mainly UK She threatened, in a fit/burst of spleen, to resign. Shareholders used the conference as an opportunity to vent their spleen on (= get angry with) the Board of Directors.Anger and displeasure
(Definition of spleen noun (ANGER) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- -rage suffix
- anger noun
- annoyance noun
- apoplexy noun (ANGER)
- bad feeling idiom
- benny noun
- bitterness noun (ANGER)
- get the hump idiom
- gorge noun (ANGER)
- grit your teeth idiom
- grudge noun
- hard feelings idiom
- hissy (fit) noun
- huff noun
- irritation noun (ANGER)
- paddy noun
- pique noun
- rancour noun
- road rage noun
- slow burn noun (ANGER)
Topic:
Anger and displeasure
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