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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Choler \Chol"er\, noun [OE. coler, F. col['e]re anger, L. cholera a bilious complaint, fr. Gr. ? cholera, fr. ?, ?, bile. See {Gall}, and cf. {Cholera}.]
1. The bile; -- formerly supposed to be the seat and cause of irascibility. [Obs.]
His [Richard Hooker's] complexion . . . was sanguine, with a mixture of choler; and yet his motion was slow. --I. Warton.
2. Irritation of the passions; anger; wrath.
He is rash and very sudden in choler. --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
choler
noun
1: an irritable petulant feeling [syn: {irritability}, {crossness}, {fretfulness}, {fussiness}, {peevishness}, {petulance}]
2: a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance [syn: {anger}, {ire}]
3: a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the liver and to cause irritability and anger [syn: {yellow bile}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
32 Moby Thesaurus words for "choler": acerbity, acid, acidity, acidulousness, acrimony, anger, animosity, asperity, bad humor, bad temper, bile, biliousness, bitter resentment, bitterness, bitterness of spirit, causticity, corrosiveness, discontent, gall, gnashing of teeth, hard feelings, heartburning, ill humor, ill nature, ill temper, rancor, rankling, slow burn, soreness, sourness, spleen, virulence
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