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Recent Examples of choler The medical theory at the time was none other than the four humours of ancient medicine — whereby the blood, phlegm, black bile, and choler in your body supposedly dictated your physical and psychological well being. Mina Seçkin, refinery29.com, 17 Nov. 2021 But Trump’s Achilles-like choler is also an Achilles heel. Katy Waldman, Slate Magazine, 11 May 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for choler
Noun
  • The Cost of Negative Emotions in Financial Decision-Making On the flip side, negative emotions, such as anxiety, anger, and sadness, were shown in our study to be associated with a shorter financial time horizon.
    Shane Enete, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
  • The city did not share if the pool would be demolished, nor what is planned for the site. ‘Sad’ swimmers Hundreds of Adventure Oasis lovers commented on the closing announcement on Facebook, sharing anger, sadness and memories of the summer hot spot.
    Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 23 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Symptoms include unexplained withdrawal, fear, sadness or irritability and not responding when comfort is given.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Common symptoms include loud snoring, gasping for air, daytime fatigue, morning headaches, dry mouth, difficulty concentrating and irritability.
    Maria Sokolina, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • With love and loss, inspiration and indignation, For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women) is a folk tale, a small-town barroom yarn, a gothic novel, and a ghost story.
    Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 18 Mar. 2025
  • Advertisement To put it mildly, the indignation is real but a remedy is missing. Lawmakers face a deadline at the end of the week to adopt a spending program or trigger a government shutdown.
    Philip Elliott, TIME, 12 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Her pain and rage, her desire to be coddled and loved all announced itself with a furious punk purity.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 22 Mar. 2025
  • Red flag warnings abound; wildfires rage in North Carolina, Florida Wildfires burning on the East Coast caused closures and evacuations as officials on Friday issued red flag warnings amid a combination of high winds, low humidity and dry conditions.
    Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Russia was expelled from the G8, sanctioned by the West and ostracized on the global stage because of its aggression against Ukraine.
    Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 22 Mar. 2025
  • Gandhi’s strategy of collective and collaborative unity, rather than aggression, effectively dismantled British dominance.
    Dan Pontefract, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Even with boycotts planned through the summer, Shelley Kohan, a Forbes retail contributor, writes that the biggest question is how can consumers voice their fury without tanking the economy.
    DeArbea Walker, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
  • In Katie’s case, being the object of Jamie’s fury cost her her life.
    Judy Berman, TIME, 24 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The film’s first trailer release sparks new backlash, this time around its stars’ political leanings Instead of enthusiasm and anticipation for the movie, Disney’s first official Snow White trailer drop incurred the wrath of fans on either side of the Israel-Palestine conflict.
    Krystie Lee Yandoli, Rolling Stone, 20 Mar. 2025
  • The cause of Montgomery's wrath, and of his March 30 date, is the Federal Communications Commission, which set an April 1, 2025, deadline for smaller jails to lower the obscene rates of inmate phone calls.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 18 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The outrage felt by Connecticut residents, amid a brutally hot last summer, grew late last year to a point that a petition was delivered to Gov. Ned Lamont with 68,000 signatures calling for a break on rising electric bills.
    Staff report, Hartford Courant, 29 Mar. 2025
  • Vance and his wife Usha visited an American military base in Greenland’s remote icy hinterland after the Second Lady scaled back plans for a more public-facing trip that sparked outrage among local officials and ordinary people.
    Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 28 Mar. 2025

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“Choler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/choler. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.

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