Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Feeling or showing anger; incensed or enraged.
- adjective Indicative of or resulting from anger.
- adjective Having a menacing aspect; threatening.
- adjective Chiefly New England & Midland US Inflamed and painful.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Causing grief or trouble; troublesome; vexatious; trying.
- Feeling grief or trouble; grieved; troubled; vexed.
- Feeling or showing anger or resentment (with or at a person, at or about a thing): said of persons.
- Characterized by or manifesting anger; wrathful: as, an angry look or mood; angry words; an angry reply.
- Bearing the marks of anger; having the appearance of being in anger; frowning; fierce: as, an angry countenance; angry billows.
- Having the color of the face of one who is in anger; red.
- Sharp; keen; vigorous.
- In medicine, inflamed, as a sore; exhibiting inflammation.
- = Syn. 3, 4, 5. Indignant, incensed, passionate, resentful, irritated, wrathful, irate, hot, raging, furious, stormy, choleric, inflamed, tumultuous.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Troublesome; vexatious; rigorous.
- adjective Inflamed and painful, as a sore.
- adjective Touched with anger; under the emotion of anger; feeling resentment; enraged; -- followed generally by
with before a person, andat before a thing. - adjective Showing anger; proceeding from anger; acting as if moved by anger; wearing the marks of anger
- adjective rare Red.
- adjective rare Sharp; keen; stimulated.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Displaying or feeling
anger . - adjective said about a wound or a rash Inflamed and
painful . - adjective figuratively, said about the sky or the sea Dark and stormy,
menacing .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (of the elements) as if showing violent anger
- adjective feeling or showing anger
- adjective severely inflamed and painful
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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That man would be angry, _angry_ if he came and found her gone!
The Girl from Montana Grace Livingston Hill 1906
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-- I am glad it made you laugh for Somebody told me in Greece that you was angry, and I was sorry, as you were perhaps the only person whom I did _not_ want to _make angry_.
The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 2 George Gordon Byron Byron 1806
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Despite all this, I've spent my life fighting the label angry black woman because it's a handy way to put a black woman down, modern-day shorthand for telling her not to have ideas above her station.
Calling us angry? Michelle Obama and the 'angry black woman' label | The panel 2012
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Murdoch flies into London later this week on a scheduled visit at a time of turmoil for Britain's best-selling newspaper, with journalists on the title angry at News Corp's powerful management and standards committee MSC, whose reconstruction and trawl of the company's email archive produced the evidence that led to the arrests.
News Corp may face US inquiry after Sun arrests at News International 2012
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I use the term angry, but it's a tool and you can use it as a tool.
Councillor's 'regret' over Nazi comments Hannah Waldram 2010
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Clary glared at him, but he was looking past her, his expression angry and pained.
Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series Cassandra Clare 2009
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Clary glared at him, but he was looking past her, his expression angry and pained.
The Mortal Instruments: Book One: City of Bones Cassandra Clare 2007
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One, he gives new meaning to the term angry, white male.
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That's the term angry business owners have started using when they feel unfairly criticized on the popular review site.
BusinessWeek.com -- 2010
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Also, what I call angry shoes: those platforms with the multiple buckles and studs.
Nina Garcia So Over 'Angry Shoes,' Says 'Polished Girl Is Back' 2010
oroboros commented on the word angry
Angry shouldn't drive,
You'll get there fast but not safe
But let hungry cook!
Stu Charno
November 8, 2007