Female lacking in passion and anger (3)
I believe the answer is:
ire
'anger' is the definition.
(ire is intense rage)
'female lacking in passion' is the wordplay.
'female' becomes 'f' (common abbreviation).
'lacking in' suggests deleting specific letters.
'passion' becomes 'fire' (fire is a kind of passion).
'fire' with 'f' removed is 'IRE'.
'and' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for ire that I've seen before include "Strong feeling" , "Annoyance, vexation" , "resentment" , "Strong emotion" , "Paddy" .)