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.
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

Related formsan·gri·ly, adverban·gri·ness, nounhalf-an·gri·ly, adverbhalf-an·gry, adjectiveo·ver·an·gry, adjectiveun·an·gri·ly, adverbun·an·gry, adjective

Synonyms for angry

1. irate, incensed, enraged, infuriated, furious, mad; provoked, irritated.

Antonyms for angry

1. calm.

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Related Words for angriest

enraged, resentful, offended, irritable, impassioned, irate, uptight, sullen, heated, furious, irritated, bitter, annoyed, indignant, exasperated, choleric, cross, displeased, ferocious, fierce

Examples from the Web for angriest

Contemporary Examples of angriest

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Historical Examples of angriest

Both were unhappy; but Kate was angriest, and Griffith saddest.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 103, May, 1866
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When Austin came home that evening it was to face the angriest girl he had ever seen.
The Hero of Hill House
Mable Hale
I have often thought that he was the angriest man I ever saw in my life.
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Billy Dixon
She had heard that Leslie could pretend affability when she was the angriest.
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Of all Bertram's friends, Billy, perhaps not unnaturally, was the angriest.
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British Dictionary definitions for angriest

angry

adjective -grier or -griest

feeling or expressing annoyance, animosity, or resentment; enraged
suggestive of angerangry clouds
severely inflamedan angry sore

Derived Formsangrily, adverb

usage

It was formerly considered incorrect to talk about being angry at a person, but this use is now acceptable

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Word Origin and History for angriest

angry

adj.

late 14c., from anger (n.) + -y (2). Originally "full of trouble, vexatious;" sense of "enraged, irate" also is from late 14c. The Old Norse adjective was ongrfullr "sorrowful," and Middle English had angerful "anxious, eager" (mid-13c.). The phrase angry young man dates to 1941 but was popularized in reference to the play "Look Back in Anger" (produced 1956) though it does not occur in that work.

"There are three words in the English language that end in -gry. Two of them are angry and hungry. What is the third?" There is no third (except some extremely obscure ones). Richard Lederer calls this "one of the most outrageous and time-wasting linguistic hoaxes in our nation's history" and traces it to a New York TV quiz show from early 1975.