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anger

She has a way of arousing his ire.

ire = anger

Beware from ire that in thy bosom sleeps,
Geoffrey Chaucer -- The Canterbury Tales

ire = strong anger

Any scheme that draws their ire draws my suspicions.
Cassandra Clare -- City of Glass
It's up to the daddy in question to assuage her ire.
Ellen Hopkins -- Glass
For once he fain had quenched the Maenad's fire; And of the tuneful Nine provoked the ire.
Sophocles -- Antigone
He felt that he needed to pour out his ire and he took the road to her house.
Henry James -- The American
However, the moment Horst mentioned the wordbarges, the villagers' cries of ire and discontent blotted out his voice.
Christopher Paolini -- Eldest
There was still enough petty ire in my system to make me glad, not for his pain, but for the idea of having Renesmee away from him.
Stephenie Meyer -- Breaking Dawn
He endeavored, in a general way, to express a particular disapproval, and only succeeded in arousing the ire and opposition of his father-in-law.
Kate Chopin -- The Awakening
He stared at it, disbelief wrangling with ire.
Henry Roth -- Call It Sleep
" ejaculated Father Ambrose, "how prompt to ire are these unhallowed laymen!
Sir Walter Scott -- Ivanhoe
But if they gave him 130 or fewer pounds, they risked the ire of rival horsemen and the excoriation of journalists.
Laura Hillenbrand -- Seabiscuit
It roused his ire also-the deepest element of revolt in him.
Theodore Dreiser -- Sister Carrie
It is a fire which proceeds directly from the ire of God, working not of its own activity but as an instrument of Divine vengeance.
James Joyce -- A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
JAMES takes his hat from the rack, and going down the porch steps joins KATE and KELLER talking in the yard, KELLER in a sputter of ire.
William Gibson -- The Miracle Worker
I wanted to tackle my brother to the ground, but it would only earn Sofia his ire.
Bella Forrest -- A Shade of Vampire
Still, Adams was determined not to let personal ire stand in the way of his duty regarding the work at hand.
David McCullough -- John Adams
However, Ire been away a lot and haven't paid much attention to her, so I guess I should make peace.
Robert Ludlum -- The Bourne Identity
"When I think of the days I worked and the miles I traveled to achieve these things for the Woman's building, my ire rises a little yet."
Erik Larson -- The Devil in the White City
It's an ordinary two-story house that in Idris's neighborhood in San Jose would draw the ire of the HOA folks.
Khaled Hosseini -- And The Mountains Echoed

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