angry

English

Etymology

From Middle English; see anger.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈæŋ.ɡɹi/
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  • Rhymes: -æŋɡri

Adjective

angry (comparative angrier, superlative angriest)

  1. Displaying or feeling anger.
    His face became angry.
    An angry mob started looting the warehouse.
    • 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 5, in The Celebrity:
      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.
  2. (said about a wound or a rash) Inflamed and painful.
    The broken glass left two angry cuts across my arm.
  3. (figuratively, said about the elements, like the sky or the sea) Dark and stormy, menacing.
    Angry clouds raced across the sky.

Usage notes

The comparatives more angry and the superlatives most angry have also occasionally been used.

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Middle English

Etymology

anger +‎ -y, from Old Norse angr (“affliction, sorrow”)

Adjective

angry

  1. Vexatious.
  2. Enraged, irate.
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