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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
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | غَضَبٌ | أَغْضابٌ |
| Genitive | غَضَبٍ | أَغْضابٍ |
| Accusative | غَضَبًا | أَغْضابًا |
| Vocative | يا غَضَبُ | يا أَغْضابُ |
Word family
غَضِبَto become angry
أَغْضَبَto anger, to enrage
غاضِبangryغَضْبانfurious, 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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