angry (ˈæŋɡrɪ
)
Definitions
adjective
- feeling or expressing annoyance, animosity, or resentment; enraged
- suggestive of anger ⇒
angry clouds
- severely inflamed ⇒
an angry sore
Alternative Forms
ˈangrily adverbSynonyms
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furious,
cross,
heated,
mad,
raging,
provoked,
outraged,
annoyed,
passionate,
irritated,
raving,
hacked (off)
choked,
pissed,
infuriated,
hot,
incensed,
enraged,
ranting,
exasperated,
irritable,
resentful,
nettled,
snappy,
indignant,
pissed off,
irate,
tumultuous,
displeased,
uptight,
riled,
up in arms,
incandescent,
ill-tempered,
irascible,
antagonized,
waspish,
piqued,
hot under the collar,
on the warpath,
hopping mad,
foaming at the mouth
choleric,
splenetic,
wrathful,
at daggers drawn,
in high dudgeon as black as thunder
ireful,
fit to be tied,
tooshie,
off the air,
aerated,
Quotations
"When angry, count four; when very angry, swear"
Translations
- British English:
angry
When you are angry, you feel strong emotion about something that you consider unfair, cruel, or insulting.She was angry at her husband.ˈæŋɡrɪ ADJECTIVE She was angry at her husband.
- Spanish:
enfadado
adj enfadada
- French: en colère
- German:
zornig
adj
- Chinese: 愤怒的 adj
- Arabic: غَاضِب adj
- Portuguese: zangado adj zangada
- Russian: сердитый adj сердитая
- Croatian: ljut adj ljuta
- Czech: rozzlobený adj
- Danish: vred adj
- Dutch: boos adj
- Finnish: vihainen adj
- Greek: θυμωμένος adj θυμωμένη
- Italian: arrabbiato adj arrabbiata
- Japanese: 怒った no_posp
- Korean: 화난 adj
- Norwegian: sint adj
- Polish: zły adj zła
- Brazilian Portuguese: com raiva adj
- European Spanish:
enfadado
adj enfadada
- Swedish: arg adj argt
- Thai: โกรธ adj
- Turkish: kızgın adj
- Vietnamese: tức giận adj
Usage examples
In fact Peter Pascoe's gaze was relieved not accusing, and his summons was imperative rather than angry.
, CASCADES - THE DAY OF THE DEAD (2001)We do feel quite angry about what has been going on with the war.
NME (New Musical Express) (2003)They are angry with themselves for not realising that there was information that they should have seen.
Irish Times (2002)'I mean, by the time I left university, I was very angry at the censorious tendencies.
Glasgow Herald (2001)By calm behaviour they might have given confidence, but they muddled things up by acting as if the angry baby was really dangerous.
, BEYOND FEAR (2002)