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
Envy
Envy noun - A painful awareness of another's possessions or advantages and a desire to have them too.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| burning | burning anger | burning envy |
| clear | clear anger | clear envy |
| pure | pure anger | pure envy |
| true | true anger | true envy |
| Other adjectives: sheer, deep, open, petty, real, perpetual, constant, violent, extreme, intense, serious, bitter, deep-seated, combined, murderous, mutual, growing, repressed, unjustified, resulting, suppressed. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Psycho Lesbian: One possible interpretation of "Catherine", where a woman is singing about her envy and anger towards the titular character, and plans to murder her current lover.
Source: Music / Is This Desire? -
The main conflict begins when a girl from a middle-class background, the protagonist Nanako Misonoo, is somehow chosen to be a member of it, eliciting the anger and envy of many others.
- Start of Darkness: When Luna is explaining her transformation into Nightmare Moon, we get a flashback showing how it happened — a mysterious entity (Tirac) played off of her sorrow over none enjoying her night, turning it into envy and anger at Celestia, at which point she transformed.
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