venting one's anger; retaliation; revenge
Refers to taking out one's anger or frustration on someone or something, often in a petty or indirect way, rather than a calculated act of revenge.
He took out his anger on his subordinate after being scolded by his boss.
Stop saying things like that just to vent your anger.
Standard spelling; the kanji 腹 (belly) and いせ (from 癒せ, soothing) combine to mean venting one's anger.
Rarely used kanji form; the character 癒 (healing) is not commonly written in this word.
Compound of 腹 (hara, 'belly', metaphorically the seat of emotions) and いせ, the nominalized form of 癒す (iyasu, 'to heal, soothe'). Literally 'soothing one's belly', it came to mean venting one's anger to feel better.