The Clue
Provoke (5 letter answer)
The Answer
ANGER
Tags
Notes
The answer ANGER is seen frequently, appearing about once every 160 puzzles.
Related Clues
Choler
Displeasure
Dudgeon
Enrage
Fury
Incense
Indignation
Inflame
Ire
Resentment
Wrath
Anagram for range
A deadly sin
Emotional heat
Hot temper
Provocation result
Rile up
Tee off
Tick off
"Brief madness," to Petrarch
Cause of cross words
Fourth deadly sin
Get riled up
Make blood boil
Management course subject?
"___ is momentary madness . . . ": Horace
Osborne's "Look Back in ___"
Reason for the silent treatment
"A short madness": Horace
"Touch me with noble ___": King Lear
Definition
ANGER as a noun:
1. (anger, choler, ire) = a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance
2. (anger, angriness) = the state of being angry
3. (wrath, anger, ire, ira) = belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins)
ANGER as a verb:
1. make angry; "The news angered him"
2. (anger, see red) = become angry; "He angers easily"