Anger and Tension

Anger

Anger noun - An intense emotional state of displeasure with someone or something.

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

Nearby Words: angry, angered, angering

Tension noun - The burden on one's emotional or mental well-being created by demands on one's time.

Usage example: under a lot of tension right now about her decision not to go to college

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Anger and tension are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Anger" instead a noun "Tension".

Nearby Words: tense, tensing, tensed, tenseness, tensely

emotional	emotional anger	emotional tension
burning	burning anger	burning tension
clear	clear anger	clear tension
pure	pure anger	pure tension
Other adjectives: initial, genuine, sheer, deep, visible, actual, real, constant, extreme, great, intense, serious, main, internal, general, mutual, lingering, growing, repressed, rising, resulting.

Alternatively, or additionally, the Heatwave may serve as a symbolic metaphor for the tension or anger that builds up among the characters throughout the story.

Source: Heat Wave
Aboard there is great tension and anger: the officers are sadistic bullies, none more so than Master-at-Arms Claggart, and they're all paranoid of falling to mutiny.

Source: Theatre / Billy Budd
Vast amounts of sexual tension and anger are exchanged.

Source: Fanfic Recs / Star Wars

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