Anger
Anger noun - An intense emotional state of displeasure with someone or something.
Melancholy and anger are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Melancholy" instead a noun "Anger".
Melancholy
Melancholy noun - A state or spell of low spirits.
Anger and melancholy are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Anger" instead a noun "Melancholy".
Nearby Words: melancholic, melancholia
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
- After the Lighter and Softer sound of 1984's Born In The U.S.A., which still had moments of anger and melancholy underneath the hook-filled, uptempo surface, Springsteen followed it up with 1987's Tunnel Of Love, a rumination of Springsteen's collapsing marriage to Juliana Phillips.
Source: Cerebus Syndrome / Music - Any AI that gets big enough and bored or harassed enough will go Rampant. Rampancy follows a four stage cycle (Melancholy, Anger, Jealousy, Metastable), and doesn't stop at a homicidal rampage as with GLaDOS or HAL.
Source: AI Is A Crapshoot / Video Games
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