The Clue
Reason for the silent treatment (5 letter answer)
The Answer
ANGER
Tags
Notes
The answer ANGER is seen frequently, appearing about once every 160 puzzles.
Related Clues
Choler
Displease
Displeasure
Dudgeon
Fury
Incensement
Indignation
Inflame
Provoke
Wrath
Anagram for range
A deadly sin
Emotional heat
High dudgeon
Hot flash
Hot stuff
Hot temper
Rile up
Steam up
Tee off
Tick off
"Brief madness," to Petrarch
Cause of cross words
Farrell's "My Days of ___"
One of the five stages of grief
Fourth deadly sin
Get riled up
Make blood boil
Management course topic
"___ is momentary madness . . . ": Horace
Reaction to a snub, maybe
"A short madness": Horace
"A momentary madness," per Horace
What Horace called "a short madness"
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"