How to express ANGER - Words and Phrases / Learn English words for being angry (Intermediate)

So we are talking about anger.

What makes you angry?

As you can see, this this couple here,

they are not happy with each other.

You might say that they have become angry.

They are not very happy

about their situation, especially work.

I think one of the hardest social interactions

to actually deal with must be

work colleagues, because you have no choice.

It's a little bit like families, really.

You have no choice as to who your relatives are.

But the other thing is you also have no choice

who your work colleagues are.

So maybe if you work in an office

and you are surrounded by people

and maybe some of those people are not very nice,

or maybe they are just annoying,

maybe they make you angry every day.

It can make the work environment much harder

to deal with. I think so.

So what about you?

Do you ever get angry?

There are many ways of expressing that

feeling of rage.

You can say that you are angry, you feel angry.

It is one of those negative emotions that

I suppose we all feel from time to time.

I do.

Even me and people do say, Mr.

Duncan, we can't believe that you get angry.

But I do sometimes.

Not often.

I have to say it's been a long time since

I've really got angry about anything.

You might also get annoyed with something

that is making you feel angry, but very slowly.

So if something is annoying you,

maybe it is doing it very swiftly.

Maybe it is doing it on a very small

way or in a very small way.

Minor anger

or something that is annoying you a little bit

can slowly build up over time.

So you might feel that your anger is slowly

building up.

It is slowly growing.

You are becoming annoyed.

So we often see annoyance as something that is there,

but it doesn't make you completely angry.

It is happening slowly.

Maybe your neighbour has a noisy dog,

maybe it keeps barking every morning,

keeping you awake.

It is an annoyance.

You feel annoyed by it.

You might also feel irritated as well.

An irritated person is a person who is bothered

by something.

Some things that you hear or see,

you feel irritated by it.

People can be very irritating.

They can really irritate you.

They might also make you angry or cross.

So this is another way of expressing anger.

You feel anger, you feel cross.

I always find that quite an interesting word to use as

a synonym for anger, to be honest.

You might also feel furious.

A furious person is a person whose anger

has already built up to a very high level.

That person feels angry.

They are furious about something.

They are finding it so hard to contain their anger.

They feel furious.

You might be infuriated by something.

So this is something that might be happening

again and again.

And slowly it is making you angry.

You feel infuriated.

Your anger is building, building up inside you.

It is slowly building.

You feel infuriated,

enraged.

A person can feel enraged.

Their anger is growing.

The emotion of anger.

They are beginning to become angry.

They are enraged by something.

Of course, we did hear the word outrage earlier

and the word outrage again,

is very similar to an enraged.

You feel angry about a certain thing

or a certain topic

or maybe something a person has done

incensed.

Oh, yes.

A person can become incensed

when they feel angry

or they feel annoyed about something.

They are incensed

Again, you might hear a person say something.

You might hear a person express an opinion

that you don't agree with

it will make you become incensed.

I like that word

is another one

riled, riled.

So this means that something an external force

or an external thing that is out of your control

is making you feel angry.

Something will rile you.

It is making your anger grow.

Maybe a person who is noisy, maybe a neighbour,

maybe a friend who keeps calling you

and complaining all the time about things.

You might feel slightly riled by it

because it is annoying.

It is something that is making you feel angry.

You become irate.

So this is the result.

You might say that

this is the result of the feeling of anger.

You become irate as your anger grows,

you become more irate

is another one.

You are

fuming.

A person is fuming, a person is showing their anger.

So their anger has reached a high level.

They are now fuming.

They have turned red.

They look angry.

Maybe they are sweating and shaking

because they are so angry.

They are fuming.

They have reached the peak

of their anger,

seething.

If a person seethes,

it means they are fuming.

They are angry, seething.

That person is very angry.

They are seething with anger.

You might describe a person as livid as well.

That person is so angry.

I was livid.

My neighbours were having a party last night

and they were playing loud music and I was livid.

It made me angry.

You become livid?

Maybe if a person becomes so angry

they turn red, maybe their face will glow

with a red colour as their blood pressure rises,

we can say that person becomes incandescent.

They are glowing with anger.

They have become so angry

that they can't hide their emotional state at all.

Their blood pressure rises

and they quite often become right.

You can say that that person is incandescent.

They are literally glowing with anger.

You might be up in arms over something.

If you are up in arms, it means you feel very angry

about something.

You feel enraged by something.

Maybe in politics, maybe a politician

has done or said something that makes you feel angry.

Then you might be up in arms.

You can be

beside yourself with anger.

That's better.

You can be beside yourself with anger.

You feel so angry.

It's almost as if you feel

as if you've left your body.

You feel beside yourself with anger.

Your anger has grown to a very high state.

We can say that a person will blow that up.

They become so angry,

they blow their top.

A person will blow their top.

They become so angry.

My boss came in

and he started complaining to me

and I'm afraid I blew my top.

I got so angry.

I blew my top.

I lost my temper.

I became angry.

You might feel outraged.

Of course.

We've already looked at this word this morning.

Outraged.

You might feel outraged.

You might feel anger

over a certain thing or a certain situation.

The word outrage, of course, is the noun.

It describes that feeling, that feeling

of being angered by something.

You lose your temper.

A person who loses their temper

is a person who reaches the point

where they can't control themselves any more.

You lose your temper.

So the word temper is often used to mean control.

You have control over something.

You have a certain amount of control

over a certain situation.

You are able to stay calm, you control

your temper, you are able to stay calm.

However, the opposite is also possible.

You might lose your temper.

You become so outraged

by something that you can't control yourself.

You lose your temper.

You have lost your temper.

If we are talking about something in the past tense,

you might go mad at someone.

To go mad can mean go crazy.

Maybe you lose control over your mental state,

but also you can go mad at someone when you are angry

towards them.

Maybe you shout at them, you scream at them,

maybe you go over to them.

Maybe you want to physically assault them.

Please don't do that.

By the way,

you might also lose your cool.

If a person loses their cool,

it means they are no longer calm.

You lose your cool.

You have become angry.

You have lost your temper.

Here's another one

you freak out.

A person who freaks out is a person

who has really lost their temper.

They have become so angry they freak out.

Maybe you hear something that annoys you.

Maybe your temper will rise and you become angry.

You freak out over something.

Maybe something you've heard,

maybe something a person has said.

You become so angry you freak out.

Here's an interesting one.

This is often used in American English,

but I think you will find

it is used a lot in British English as well.

You have a cow.

You have a cow.

You become angry.

You lose control of your yourself.

You have a cow, you go into a rage.

You become so angry.

You go into a rage,

you lose your temper.

Temper is emotional control.

So quite often we will use this word,

as I mentioned a few moments ago,

the word temper means emotional control.

You have control of your emotions

and that includes your anger.

I will stay relaxed.

So these are now opposite words.

So this is the opposite of angry.

A person

who is not angry, a person who is able to deal with

all the situations

is relaxed.

These days.

It is hard to stay relaxed all the time.

Some people say that it's very difficult

to keep your cool and stay relaxed.

Talking of which,

we can also use the word cool.

You keep your cool,

you stay cool,

You don't lose your temper

or may be a person who never loses their temper.

They never become angry.

We can say that person is cool.

They have a cool character,

a person who often

agrees with other people,

or maybe they don't like to make other people angry.

You might say that person is passive.

They don't lose their temper.

They don't have any strong opinions about anything

we can say.

Person is

passive,

a person might be mild,

they are very calm and controlled in many situations,

even bad situations,

even in situations where things go wrong,

a person might be chilled,

they are chilled, they are calm,

they are very relaxed.

I'm sure many people know someone like that,

a person who is always chilled and relaxed.

A person might be described as mellow.

That person is laid back,

the person is mellow, they are calm,

they are relaxed

is an interesting word.

Maybe you haven't heard this word before, Placid.

A person who is placid again,

we can use this word

to describe someone who is always calm.

They are always relaxed.

They don't seem to become angry very easily.

They are placid, calm and relaxed.

A person who is

levelheaded, a levelheaded person,

often sees everything from both sides.

So you might say that that person

will will try to see both points of view.

They won't always lose their temper.

They won't be angry at someone for what they say

because they appreciate that

people have different opinions.

So they very rarely lose their temper.

They very rarely become angry.

Hello, Aki.

Hello, Aki.

Nice to see you here today.

Aki

And I think I can see on your your little icon

that looks like Doraemon.

Hello to you.

Christina is here.

Hello, Christina.

I didn't notice you here today.

Thank you very much.

Vitus says rule number one, women are always right.

Rule number two, if a woman is not right,

rule number one applies.

So don't forget, if you want to have a quiet life

and I'm

talking to all the married men right now,

a person who is even tempered

might also be described as having a level head.

You are even tempered

so you never become annoyed or angry at other people.

And there are certain people who are like that.

They very rarely lose their temper.

We often describe them as even tempered.

A person might also be described as mild mannered.

I suppose when I think of that type of character,

I would often think of Clark Kent,

who sometimes turns into Superman.

But normally he is mild

mannered, a person who is mild mannered,

is fairly calm and likeable.

Even

you might also be described as easygoing

and easygoing.

That person is calm and laid back.

They never lose their temper

good natured again.

We can describe a person who is often calm,

or maybe they never seem to lose their temper

or become angry.

We can describe them as good natured.

They are a person who is always happy

and treats everyone equally.

It doesn't happen very often, though,

especially these days.

A person who is unflappable.

You might describe someone as unflappable.

If they are always calm,

they never seem to become angry.

You can't make that person angry.

Whatever you do, they stay calm.

They stay reasonable.

You might describe

someone as being as cool as a cucumber.

If you are as cool as a cucumber,

that means you are calm.

You always stay calm.

You keep your hair on.

You might tell a person who is losing their temper.

So this is something you might say to another person.

If they are becoming angry, you might say,

Keep your hair on, Don't get angry.

Calm down, calm down,

Keep your hair on.

It's a great expression.

We might also tell someone

not to lose their shirt.

Don't lose your shirt.

Keep your shirt on.

Don't lose your shirt.

Keep your shirt on.

Don't lose your temper.

Stay calm.

And we can also say that

a person will see red.

So a person who becomes angry.

Quite often we say that when a person is angry,

they see red in front of them

because that's what happens.

We often describe it as the red mist.

The red mist is anger because quite often

you will lose control of your emotions.

And some people say that

when they become angry, they see a red mist.

So if a person is seeing red,

it means that they are becoming angry.

They have became or

they've become incredibly angry.

So what about you?

Is there someone

in your life, someone you know who makes you angry?

What makes you angry?

Is it unfairness?

Maybe when you see a person

treating another person unfairly,

or maybe when a person is saying

something that you disagree with strongly,

it might make you angry.