Anger about embracing the Italian (4)
I believe the answer is:
rile
'anger' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'about embracing the italian' is the wordplay.
'about' becomes 're' (regarding**).
'embracing' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'the italian' becomes 'il' (the in Italian).
're' placed around 'il' is 'RILE'.
(Other definitions for rile that I've seen before include "Provoke" , "Informally, annoy or irritate" , "Anger, annoy" , "Bother" , "'Vex, irritate (4)'" .)