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| anger |
Anger is a strong feeling you have when someone treats you in a bad way or when people do something you think is very wrong or not fair. Sometimes you feel anger when very bad things happen. |
| angry |
When you are angry, it means that you are feeling or showing anger. You have a strong feeling that someone has treated you in a bad way or has done something very wrong or not fair. |
| control |
When you control something, it sometimes means to hold it back. When you control your anger, you hold back your anger. When you control your dog, you hold back your dog. [1/4 definitions] |
| emotion |
Emotions are feelings that all people have. Love, hate, fear, and anger are some emotions that people feel. Some emotions are so strong that changes in our bodies happen. Sometimes our heart beats faster, our face turns red, or we start to cry, shake, or laugh. |
| feeling |
A feeling is an emotion. Things like love, hate, anger, and happiness are feelings. [1/2 definitions] |
| hate |
Hate is a very strong feeling. When you feel hate for a thing, you think it is so bad that you wish it did not exist. When you feel hate for a person, you have very bad feelings towards them. Sometimes they fill you with a lot of anger. Sometimes hate makes people do bad things to other people. Hate is a strong feeling, but it can come and go. Sometimes we feel hate for just a short time. [1/2 definitions] |
| restrict |
If your parents restrict your dog to the kitchen, then your dog can't go out of the kitchen. When you restrict your anger, it means that you keep yourself from getting too angry. When you restrict something, you keep it inside a certain limit. |
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