adjective form of anger
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having strong feelings about something that you dislike very much or about an unfair situation Her behaviour really made me angry. Thousands of angry demonstrators filled the square. The comments provoked an angry response from union leaders.
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angry
[ang-gree]
adjective, an·gri·er, an·gri·est.
feeling or showing anger or strong resentment (usually followed by at, with, or about):to be angry at the dean; to be angry about the snub.
expressing, caused by, or characterized by anger; wrathful:angry words.
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Definition of angry (continued)
Chiefly New England and Midland U.S.inflamed, as a sore; exhibiting inflammation.
(of an object or phenomenon) exhibiting a characteristic or creating a mood associated with anger or danger, as by color, sound, force, etc.:an angry sea; the boom of angry guns.
Origin of angry
1275–1325; Middle English. See anger, -y1
1325
Related Forms
adverb: angrilynoun: angrinessadverb: half-angrilyadjective: half-angryadjective: overangryadverb: unangrilyadjective: unangry
Synonyms
1. irate, incensed, enraged, infuriated, furious, mad; provoked, irritated.
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Antonyms
1. calm.
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Examples from the News
To borrow an old right-wing talking point, these people are angry no matter what we do.
LLOYD GROVE
Harry Shearer on The Dangerous Business of Satire
Desert Golfing is the distillation of Angry Birds into its purest essence.
ALEC KUBAS-MEYER
Lost For Thousands of Strokes: 'Desert Golfing' Is 'Angry Birds' as Modern Art
But since that explosion of popularity, Angry Birds has become about everything else.
ALEC KUBAS-MEYER
Lost For Thousands of Strokes: 'Desert Golfing' Is 'Angry Birds' as Modern Art
And in this way, it follows not what Angry Birds became, but how it began.
ALEC KUBAS-MEYER
Lost For Thousands of Strokes: 'Desert Golfing' Is 'Angry Birds' as Modern Art
Angry Birds at its simplest was the same way, though you wanted to watch things collapse and explode.
ALEC KUBAS-MEYER
Lost For Thousands of Strokes: 'Desert Golfing' Is 'Angry Birds' as Modern Art
Examples
The haughtiness of others can never make us angry, if we ourselves are humble.
LYDIA MARIA CHILD
Philothea
"Now you are angry with me," exclaimed the sensitive maiden; and she burst into tears.
LYDIA MARIA CHILD
Philothea
He dislikes to have me visit Aspasia; and was angry because I danced with Alcibiades.
LYDIA MARIA CHILD
Philothea
I never had occasion to check or to use an angry word to one of my party.
JOHN FORREST
Explorations in Australia
But here, run away with my pen, I suffer my mother to be angry with me on her own account.
SAMUEL RICHARDSON
Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9)
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MENUDictionaryThesaurusWord of the DayEverything After Z
angry
[ang-gree]
adjective, an·gri·er, an·gri·est.
feeling or showing anger or strong resentment (usually followed by at, with, or about):to be angry at the dean; to be angry about the snub.
expressing, caused by, or characterized by anger; wrathful:angry words.
SEE CONTINUED DEFINITION
Definition of angry (continued)
Chiefly New England and Midland U.S.inflamed, as a sore; exhibiting inflammation.
(of an object or phenomenon) exhibiting a characteristic or creating a mood associated with anger or danger, as by color, sound, force, etc.:an angry sea; the boom of angry guns.
Origin of angry
1275–1325; Middle English. See anger, -y1
1325
Related Forms
adverb: angrilynoun: angrinessadverb: half-angrilyadjective: half-angryadjective: overangryadverb: unangrilyadjective: unangry
Synonyms
1. irate, incensed, enraged, infuriated, furious, mad; provoked, irritated.
See more synonyms for angry
Grammar Greats and Gaffes
Quiz Yourself: Avoid These Common Language MistakesI vs. MeSix Words That Might Ruin Your SentenceFighting For or Against Grammar in the WorkplaceTheir, There, and They’reI Has a Tittle (So Does J)
Antonyms
1. calm.
See more antonyms for angry
Translate
see translations for angry
Examples from the News
To borrow an old right-wing talking point, these people are angry no matter what we do.
LLOYD GROVE
Harry Shearer on The Dangerous Business of Satire
Desert Golfing is the distillation of Angry Birds into its purest essence.
ALEC KUBAS-MEYER
Lost For Thousands of Strokes: 'Desert Golfing' Is 'Angry Birds' as Modern Art
But since that explosion of popularity, Angry Birds has become about everything else.
ALEC KUBAS-MEYER
Lost For Thousands of Strokes: 'Desert Golfing' Is 'Angry Birds' as Modern Art
And in this way, it follows not what Angry Birds became, but how it began.
ALEC KUBAS-MEYER
Lost For Thousands of Strokes: 'Desert Golfing' Is 'Angry Birds' as Modern Art
Angry Birds at its simplest was the same way, though you wanted to watch things collapse and explode.
ALEC KUBAS-MEYER
Lost For Thousands of Strokes: 'Desert Golfing' Is 'Angry Birds' as Modern Art
Examples
The haughtiness of others can never make us angry, if we ourselves are humble.
LYDIA MARIA CHILD
Philothea
"Now you are angry with me," exclaimed the sensitive maiden; and she burst into tears.
LYDIA MARIA CHILD
Philothea
He dislikes to have me visit Aspasia; and was angry because I danced with Alcibiades.
LYDIA MARIA CHILD
Philothea
I never had occasion to check or to use an angry word to one of my party.
JOHN FORREST
Explorations in Australia
But here, run away with my pen, I suffer my mother to be angry with me on her own account.
SAMUEL RICHARDSON
Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9)
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follow Dictionary.com
© 2018 Dictionary.com, LLC.
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