Anger
Anger noun - An intense emotional state of displeasure with someone or something.
Usage example: managed to stifle his anger when the receptionist put him on hold for the third time
Delight
Delight noun - The feeling experienced when one's wishes are met.
Usage example: we were filled with delight at the sight of everyone in the family together at last for the holidays
How words are described
| clear | clear anger | clear delight |
| pure | pure anger | pure delight |
| complete | complete anger | complete delight |
| true | true anger | true delight |
| Other adjectives: genuine, sheer, visible, petty, real, extreme, great, intense, suppressed. | ||
Common collocations
| audience | anger audience | delight audience |
Both words in one sentence
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W.E.B. Griffin's character Craig Lowell hooks up with visiting a visiting starlet, to the delight of his company and the anger of his commanders.
Source: Glamorous Wartime Singer - Still, he seems to delight in making people think he is bigoted, mostly because he thinks it's fun to anger people and/or fake them out.
Source: Politically Incorrect Villain -
Among others, she appears nude in one scene, to C'ian's anger, Lanfeust's astonishment, and to our great delight.
Source: Comic Book / Lanfeust
Cite this Source
Delight and Anger. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/anger/delight
Anger & Delight. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/anger/delight>.
Delight or Anger. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/anger/delight.
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