Angry
['æŋgrɪ] or ['æŋɡri]
Definition
(adj.) feeling or showing anger; 'angry at the weather'; 'angry customers'; 'an angry silence'; 'sending angry letters to the papers' .
(adj.) (of the elements) as if showing violent anger; 'angry clouds on the horizon'; 'furious winds'; 'the raging sea' .
(adj.) severely inflamed and painful; 'an angry sore' .
Inputed by Bernard--From WordNet
Definition
(superl.) Troublesome; vexatious; rigorous.
(superl.) Inflamed and painful, as a sore.
(superl.) Touched with anger; under the emotion of anger; feeling resentment; enraged; -- followed generally by with before a person, and at before a thing.
(superl.) Showing anger; proceeding from anger; acting as if moved by anger; wearing the marks of anger; as, angry words or tones; an angry sky; angry waves.
(superl.) Red.
(superl.) Sharp; keen; stimulated.
Edited by Christine
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Provoked, exasperated, irritated, incensed, piqued, indignant, moody, sulky, STUFFY, irate, ireful, wroth, wrathful, storming, infuriate, mad, in a passion, out of humor, out of temper, out of tune.
Checker: Lucy
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Wrathful, irate, resentful, ireful, incensed, furious, irascible, choleric,moody, nettled, touchy, sullen, piqued, excited, provoked, raging, chafed,hasty, hot, exasperated, indignant, passionate
ANT:Peaceful, forgiving, forbearing, calm, good-tempered, unresentful
Editor: Sidney
Definition
See Anger.
Typist: Martha
Examples
- Such an attachment from so true and loyal a gentleman could make no woman angry. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He was angry only one night, and that was not to me, but Merrylegs. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- He looked with smiling penetration; and, on receiving no answer, added, _She_ ought not to be angry with you, I suspect, whatever he may be. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Don't be angry, and oh, don't tell him I said anything! Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- I was very angry. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- You must not be angry with me, my friend, he said volubly; I am like a child, and grow bad-tempered over nothing. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- And if the world perceives that what we are saying about him is the truth, will they be angry with philosophy? Plato. The Republic.
- If I saved one blow, one cruel, angry action that might otherwise have been committed, I did a woman's work. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Her manner was angry and agitated. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- To reason with her,' pursued Bradley, half humouring what was present, and half angry with what was not present; 'for her own sake. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- More and angrier words would have been exchanged, but the marshals, crossing their lances betwixt them, compelled them to separate. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- To hear him say all this with unimaginable energy, one might have thought him the angriest of mankind. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Sir Percival looked round in his angriest manner. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
Checker: Lyman