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angry definition

an·gry (aŋ′grē)

adjective angrier -·grier, angriest -·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

Related Forms:

  • angrily an′·grily (-grə lē) adverb
  • angriness an′·gri·ness (-grē nis) noun

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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.


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angry Usage Examples

Modifying Another Word

  • furiously: Furiously angry, she vowed she would ' get them haunted ' .

Preposition: at

  • injustice: We know from the Bible that he got angry at injustice, he wept with those who were grieving, he experienced joy.

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.

Used with adjective complement

  • feel: Try instead to explain calmly why you feel angry.
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angry quotes

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

-Amis, Sir Kingsley

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)

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