angry
Americanadjective
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feeling or showing anger or strong resentment (usually followed by at, with, orabout ): to be angry about the snub.
to be angry at the dean;
to be angry about the snub.
- Antonyms:
- calm
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expressing, caused by, or characterized by anger; wrathful.
angry words.
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Chiefly New England and Midland U.S. inflamed, as a sore; exhibiting inflammation.
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(of an object or phenomenon) exhibiting a characteristic or creating a mood associated with anger or danger, as by color, sound, force, etc.: the boom of angry guns.
an angry sea;
the boom of angry guns.
adjective
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feeling or expressing annoyance, animosity, or resentment; enraged
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suggestive of anger
angry clouds
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severely inflamed
an angry sore
Usage
It was formerly considered incorrect to talk about being angry at a person, but this use is now acceptable
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Etymology
Origin of angry
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English; anger + -y 1 ( def. )
Explanation
To be angry is to be furious. People who get angry a lot have a short temper. This is a word for a common emotion: being mad or enraged. People get mad all the time, about traffic, homework, parents, children, and even the weather. When you're angry it's hard to think straight: you see red. The sea could be described as angry when its waves ferociously crash the beach. Some synonyms for anger are furious, raging, and tempestuous. If you're feeling angry, you should blow off steam or count to 10 instead of doing something you'll regret.
Vocabulary lists containing angry
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Example Sentences
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While they aren’t angry about the coyotes, residents say they want the city to do something about the abandoned site.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
Evans admitted she had been almost angry when she went out to compete after the disappointment of earlier performances in Glasgow.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
“It’s easy to get almost angry or resentful that it influenced so much every step of the way.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
Hundreds of small businesses saw their inventories wiped out in the strike, triggering angry comments on social media.
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
The wheel wells over each tire flare out like big, angry lips.
From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott
We can sit and rot until we become a version of ourselves resembling the one from the old world, but who is fundamentally different — quieter, angrier, dying.
From Salon ● May 30, 2026
They are likely to be angrier and more hard-line.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026
It's not like Rangers folk will shrug in defeat - it's not exactly their style - but Celtic fans are an angrier and more frustrated crew right now.
From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2026
"The visit would certainly make Pakistan angrier and more suspicious," Faqiri said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2025
The fact that someone had dared to make her mom miserable only made Aru angrier.
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
Craig Hunter, 79, an attorney who had lived there since 2013, said that within a few meetings the angriest residents calmed down.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 11, 2026
Indeed, what seems to make him angriest is the idea that a person could triumph in hip-hop by taking hip-hop less seriously than he does.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 24, 2024
"He's the angriest man you'll ever meet," he added.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2024
Knowing Bartholomew’s name and reputation is just a convenient way to focus the angriest edge of my grief; a planned environment is too elusive an enemy for an imagination that wants revenge.
From Salon ● Feb. 19, 2024
Joe grew into the meanest, angriest child any Lacks had ever known, and the family started saying something must have happened to his brain while he was growing inside Henrietta alongside that cancer.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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