English Explanatory Dictionary

angry

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Displaying or feeling anger.
  2. Inflamed and painful.
  3. Dark and stormy, menacing.
noun
  1. An angry person.
verb
  1. To anger.

Pronunciation

/ˈæŋ.ɡɹi/ [ˈæŋ.ɡɹʷɪi̯] /ˈeɪ̯ŋ.ɡɹi/ [ˈeɪ̯ŋ.ɡɹʷɪi̯] /ˈɛ̃ŋ.ɡɹi/ [ˈɛ̃ŋ.ɡɹʷɪi̯] en-us-angry.ogg

Word forms

angry angrier more angry angriest most angry angries angrying angried

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₂énǵʰosder. Proto-Germanic *angazaz Old Norse angrbor. Middle English anger Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y Middle English angry English angry From Middle English angry; see anger.

Synonyms

agitated angry bad-tempered berserk big mad blood-boiling boiling mad butthurt choleric cranky cross fit to be tied frustrated fuming furibund fury glimflashy grim hopping mad ill-natured incensed infuriated irate ired little mad livid mad as a bear with a sore head miffed offended pathetic p'd off pissed pissy raging ready to be tied screwfaced seething spitting chips splenetic sore steaming up on one's ear waxy wode wroth zowerswopped upset mad enraged wrathful furious apoplectic irritated annoyed vexed pissed off cheesed off worked up psyched up ireful

Antonyms

calm sanguine serene

Related words

anger tantrum lose one's temper

Derived words

a hungry man is an angry man angery Angries angrify angrily angriness angryable angry as a wet hen angry fruit salad angry mode angryphone angry white male angry white man Angry Young Man hangry nonangry sangry semi-angry unangry
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