Displeasure, animosity, anger, wrath, ire, indignation, exasperation, vexation, bitter resentment, wrathful indignation.

Grrr.

06 March 2002



Comments

06 March | 18:28  |  Erica

Someone have a bad day?

06 March | 19:16  |  Karen

hmn, somebody's sure, um, emotionally descriptive today...

06 March | 19:25  |  kim

Holy crap. And I thought covering two school board meetings in one night sucks. What gives?

06 March | 19:28  |  kim

Wait, I get it. Those are names for NJ turnpike rest stops, right?

06 March | 19:59  |  Jennifer

What is wrathful indigation, as opposed to plain old wrath combined with indigation? Sounds a bit scarier, with just a hint of violent intent.

06 March | 20:14  |  josh

I was curious about the wrath + indignation = wrathful indignation issue too. But Roget's seemed insistent I include both variations.

All is fine, really. Just a little rage at the incompetence of others, that's all. Back to your regular programming.

06 March | 20:18  |  Jeremy

DUDE! I said I was sorry!

06 March | 20:23  |  josh

Is sorry going to heal the scars, Jeremy? Is sorry going to fix the broken water main? Is sorry going to pay for Aunt Jenny's bail? Most importantly, Jeremy, is sorry going to bring little Timmy back to life?

07 March | 0:08  |  Jennifer

I like this list better: pique, umbrage, huff, miff, soreness, dudgeon, acerbity, virulence, bitterness, acrimony, asperity, spleen, gall; heart-burning, heart-swelling; rankling.

Spleen?

07 March | 9:35  |  vis10n

Yes. Spleen.

Cabbage, too.

07 March | 17:13  |  christy

My former fellow rewrite clerks are too nice to indulge me in my constant requests for newsroom gossip, so I turn to you: who's being incompetent?

07 March | 18:28  |  Alice

wow, i can like, learn something from a blog! yay vocabulary!!! boo cliches.



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