Angry

/ˈæŋ.ɡɹi/ · adjective

Meaning

Displaying or feeling anger..

Definitions by Sense

1. Displaying or feeling anger.
2. (said about a wound or a rash) Inflamed and painful.
3. (figuratively, said about the elements, like the sky or the sea) Dark and stormy, menacing.
4. (informal, rare) An angry person.
5. (transitive, obsolete) To anger.

Example Sentences

His face became angry.

An angry mob started looting the warehouse.

Then we relapsed into a discomfited silence, and wished we were anywhere else. But Miss Thorn relieved the situation by laughing aloud, and with such a hearty enjoyment that instead of getting angry and more mortified we began to laugh ourselves, and instantly felt better.

Cone, who once called himself “the angriest theologian in America,” is still angry.

But, statistically-speaking, there is significantly-greater-than-even odds of the American forces coming out victorious - as I said, largely due to, one, the sheer technology advantage of the radar and fire-control systems, and also two, the almighty swarm of Fletchers. Never, ever underestimate the firepower of an almighty swarm of angry Fletchers.

I kept my window rolled up, eyes on the road, probably making the pickup man angrier with my silence.

All considered, never going to bed angry sounds like a good rule to live by. But it isn’t always useful, Romanoff said.

The broken glass left two angry cuts across my arm.

Synonyms for angry

Antonyms for angry

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Word Forms

• angrier
• more angry
• angriest
• most angry
• angries
• angrying
• angried

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