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غَضَب

anger /ˈɣa.dˤab/

nounA2#973 most common

Also: rage, wrath, fury

Example sentences

شَعَرْتُ بِغَضَبٍ.
I felt anger.
تَحَدَّثَ الرَّجُلُ بِغَضَبٍ.
The man spoke with anger.
كانَ في عَيْنَيْهِ غَضَبٌ شَديدٌ.
There was intense anger in his eyes.
أَثارَ قَرارُ الحُكومَةِ غَضَبَ المُواطِنينَ.
The government's decision stirred the citizens' anger.
حاوَلَ أَنْ يَكْبَحَ غَضَبَهُ لٰكِنَّهُ فَشِلَ.
He tried to restrain his anger, but he failed.
لَمْ يَكُنْ غَضَبُهُ إلّا قِناعًا يَسْتُرُ خَوْفًا دَفينًا.
His anger was nothing but a mask concealing a buried fear.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativeغَضَبٌأَغْضابٌ
Genitiveغَضَبٍأَغْضابٍ
Accusativeغَضَبًاأَغْضابًا
Vocativeيا غَضَبُيا أَغْضابُ

Word family

غَضِبَto become angry
أَغْضَبَto anger, to enrage
غاضِبangry
غَضْبانfurious, enraged
مَغْضوبobject of wrath

Etymology

غَضَب comes from the Semitic triliteral root غ-ض-ب, which carries the sense of anger and rising temper. The related verb غَضِبَ means to become angry. The root corresponds, through regular Semitic sound shifts, to Hebrew עצב, meaning to grieve or vex.

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