Taxonomy of meanings for 憤:　　

  • 憤 fèn (OC: bɯnʔ MC: biun) 房吻切 上 廣韻：【懣也房吻切十四 】
    • ANGER
      • nabpsychpent-up anger
    • ANGUISH
      • nabpsychanguish;pent-up anger
      • vi.redfeel strongly anguished, be full of pent-up anger
      • vipsychfeel pent-up dissatisfaction, feel indignation and unreleased anger; feel pent-up frustration; indignation
      • vtoNcausativecause to become anguished
      • vt+prep+Ncause anguish in NCH
    • LIVELY
      • LEAK
        • CHAOS
        • 憤 fèn (OC: bɯnʔ MC: biun) 房吻切 上 廣韻：【同憤 】
        • fènCOURAGE
          • vtoNto brave

        Additional information about 憤

        說文解字: 【憤】，懣也。从心、賁聲。 【房吻切】

          Criteria
        • ANGUISH

          [IMPERSONAL/PERSONAL]

          [PRECISE/VAGUE]

          [POETIC/PROSAIC]

          [LASTING/TRANSITORY]

          1. Jí 疾 (ant. kuài 快 "be delighted") is acute temporary or momentary anguish directed at a definite cause of dissatisfaction. See also HATE.

          [PRECISE], [TRANSITORY]

          2. Yùn 慍 (ant. yú 愉 "feel generally pleased") is lingering or lasting somewhat milder and more diffuse dissatisfaction or anguish. See ANGER. The distinction is miserably uncertain in many contexts.

          [OVERT], [LASTING]

          3. Fèn 憤 "pent-up dissatisfaction and resentment" (ant.* chàng 暢 "vent one's feelings freely" is not a regular antonym that is stylistically acceptable in parallelism) can be a general feeling of dissatisfaction without any concrete person to be dissatisfied about. See also ANGER.

          [COVERT], [IMPERSONAL], [INTENSE], [LASTING]

          4. Chàng 悵 (ant. xīn rán 欣然 "be pleased with oneself") is poetic and intensely personal without being directed at any particular person, and involves a strong element of despondency.

          [INTENSE], [IMPERSONAL], [LASTING], [POETIC]; [[RARE]]

        • ANGER

          [IMPERSONAL/PERSONAL]

          [INTENSE/WEAK]

          [COVERT/OVERT]

          [LASTING/TRANSITORY]

          See also ANGUISH

          1. Nù 怒 (ant. xǐ 喜 "be delighted") is the general word for anger, and the word tends to imply overt manifestation of feelings of anger, typically in terms of altered breathing patterns. (cf. nù 怒 "to puff oneself up")

          [OVERT], [PERSONAL]

          2. Fèn 忿 (ant. yuè 說／悅 "feel not the slightest anger but on the contrary feel pleased") refers to momentary and intense anger, and it does not typically focus on an show of emotion. There is a difference of degree between nù 怒 "show (often great) anger ( 怒甚, 大怒 ) and fèn 忿 "be momentarily angry" (there is no dà fèn 大忿, fèn shèn 忿甚 ). Nù 怒 forms vtS, whereas fèn 忿 does not have that function.

          [INTENSE], [MOMENTARY], [PERSONAL]

          3. Yùn 慍 (ant. yì 懌 "feel perfectly pleased with something") is lingering indignation which may or may not be overt. See ANGUISH

          [IMPERSONAL], [LASTING], [OVERT]

          4. Fèn 憤 "pent-up anguish" is intense dissatisfaction and anguish rather than an angry attitude directed against any person. See ANGUISH

          [COVERT], [IMPERSONAL], [LASTING]

          5. Huì 恚 is a general word for anger that is remarkably frequent in collocation with near-synonyms.

          Word relations
        • Ant: (ANGUISH)樂/DELIGHT The equally current lè 樂 (ant. āi 哀 "grief") adds to yuè 悅 the dimensions of practical indulgence, psychological and often philosophical depth, and - very often - a dimension of joy that can be shared and appreciated by others, and that is typically lasting if not permanent. See ENJOY