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choler

/ˈkɒlə(ɹ)/

choler noun: yellow bile.

Noun

choler (usually uncountable, plural cholers)

  1. (historical, usually) Yellow bile.
  2. (usually) Anger or irritability.
    • Threatned with frowning wrath and iealouſie,
      Surpriz’d with feare and hideous reuenge,
      I ſtand agaſt: but moſt aſtonied
      To ſee his choller ſhut in ſecrete thoughtes,
      And wrapt in ſilence of his angry ſoule.c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC...
    • This roused the tinker's choler, already provoked at Tugwell's amorous freedom with his doxy, and he gave him a click in the mazard. Tugwell had not been used tamely to receive a kick or a cuff; he, therefore, gave the tinker a rejoinder, […]1808, Richard Graves, The Spiritual Quixote, page 127

choler meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

choler in Tamil

சினம், எரிச்சல் உண்டாக்குதல்

choler in Urdu

صفرہ

choler in Bengali

রাগ, ক্রোধ

Synonyms of choler

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All synonyms of choler

Forms of choler

pluralcholers

Origin of choler

From Middle English coler (“yellow bile”), from Old French colere (“bile, anger”), from Latin cholera (“bilious disease”), from Ancient Greek χολή (kholḗ, “bile”). Doublet of cholera.

Words that rhyme with choler

Questions about choler

What does choler mean?
Choler means yellow bile.
What is choler in Tamil?
Choler in Tamil is சினம், எரிச்சல் உண்டாக்குதல். See Choler meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is choler?
Choler is a noun.
How do you pronounce choler?
Choler is pronounced /ˈkɒlə(ɹ)/.
What is the plural of choler?
The plural of choler is cholers.

Words near choler in the dictionary

  1. cholenates
  2. cholent
  3. cholents
  4. choleperitoneum
  5. choleperitonitis
  6. choler
  7. cholera
  8. cholera horn
  9. cholera horns
  10. cholera morbus
  11. choleragen

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Adapted from Wiktionary: choler (page history and authors); choler (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); choler (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); choler (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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