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angry Definition

an·gry (aŋ′grē)

adjective -·grier, -·gri·est

  1. feeling, showing, or resulting from anger an angry reply
  2. wild and stormy, as if angry an angry sea
  3. inflamed and sore an angry wound

Etymology: ME angri, troubled < anger

angry Related Forms
an′·grily (-grə lē) adverb an′·gri·ness (-grē nis) noun
angry Synonyms

angry

modif.

enraged, furious, irate, infuriated, mad, fuming, fierce, fiery, raging, convulsed, wrathful, stormy, indignant, cross, vexed, exasperated, resentful, irritated, bitter, ferocious, turbulent, nettled, incensed, piqued, offended, outraged, sullen, irascible, inflamed, annoyed, provoked, galled, chafed, exacerbated, displeased, riled, affronted, wroth, storming, raving, impassioned, sulky, splenetic, choleric, huffy, hostile, rabid, livid, out of humor, out of temper, sore*, peeved*, in a passion*, flown off the handle*, in a pet*, in high dudgeon*, up in the air*, hot under the collar*, boiling*, seething*, burned up*, steamed up*, at the boiling point*, purple in the face*, with one's back up*, all worked up*, seeing red*, het up*, teed off*, ticked off*, miffed*, in a huff*, foaming at the mouth, frothing at the mouth*, wrought up*, up in arms*, fit to be tied*, bent out of shape*.

Antonyms calm*, pleased, restrained.

angry Usage Examples

Modifying Another Word

  • furiously: Furiously angry, she vowed she would ' get them haunted ' .
  • bitterly: But right at this precise moment, he was most bitterly angry with himself.
  • extremely: Edward in an extremely angry mood order an army put together for a campaign to put down Bruce.
  • very: People who spoke were very angry about many issues.
  • so: I was so angry at myself, and wanted to give up there and then, but Andy was great.

Preposition: at

  • injustice: We know from the Bible that he got angry at injustice, he wept with those who were grieving, he experienced joy.
  • lack: Fees UP Teaching hours DOWN Students ANGRY SUSSEX University students are angry at the lack of teaching hours.

Infinitive complement

  • discover: Angry to discover that the treatment I was having was not ' alternative ' physical therapy, but mainstream within the NHS.

Modifies a noun

  • mob: Back to top The films compared - the endings: Edward Scissorhands ends with Edward being pursued to his castle by an angry mob.
  • outburst: Dr. Trisha said: Being sleep deprived certainly makes you irritable, less tolerant and prone to angry outbursts.
  • wound-up: Years cheap arizona auto insurance of louisiana's not angry wound-up.
  • rant: PS - Thanks for saying it was an " angry rant " - it felt like one!
  • protest: That must have provoked some angry protests from the club members!
  • crowd: The arrest of three pitmen for begging resulted in an angry crowd surging through Burslem.

Used with adjective complement

  • feel: Try instead to explain calmly why you feel angry.
  • get: We two should not get angry about these difficulties.
  • become: I'm going to have to stop typing now I've become too angry.
  • grow: The argument was protracted and at length grew angry.
  • seem: Now you seem angry for having wasted your time studying it and going in circles to no effect or ill effect.
  • stay: And how long do you stay angry after you've had a fight?
angry Quotes

The 50s face was angry, the 60s face was well-fed, the 70s face was foxy. Perhaps it was the right expression: there was a lot to be waryabout.

—Waterhouse, Keith Spencer

I was never an Angry Young Man. I am angry only when I hit my thumb with a hammer.

—Amis, Sir Kingsley

I was angry with my friend: I told my wrath, my wrath did end. I was angry with my foe: I told it not, my wrath did grow.

—Blake,William

Angry Young Man.

—Paul, Leslie

Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another. Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath.

—Bible (NewTestament)

Golf always makes me so damned angry.

—GeorgeV

Has he reconnected with the angry middle?

—Anonymous

But I say unto you,That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say,Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.

—Bible (NewTestament)