Anger and Envy

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 and anger are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Envy" instead a noun "Anger".

Nearby Words: angry, angered, angering

Envy

Envy noun - A painful awareness of another's possessions or advantages and a desire to have them too.

Anger and envy are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Anger" instead a noun "Envy".

Nearby Words: envious, envying, envied

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

hero anger hero envy hero
people anger people envy people

Both words in one sentence

  • Music / Is This Desire? 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.
  • Absurdly Powerful Student Council 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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