anger
noun
a strong feeling of displeasure and belligerence aroused by a wrong; wrath; ire.
had angered
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past perfectof anger.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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He had angered viewers by declaring his love for all three of the finalists and left the show without a mate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
Australia will lift restrictions on the import of beef from the US, a trade barrier which had angered the Trump administration.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2025
An incumbent state Supreme Court justice, Louis Butler, had angered the state’s largest business group with his ruling in a lead paint case.
From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2023
The storming of the temple had angered Sikhs around the world.
From Reuters ● Sep. 18, 2023
It was as if the elderly man’s leaving had angered him and that he held not the second soldier but the new conscripts responsible.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
