Angry

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈæŋ.É¡ri/
• Rhymes: -æŋɡri

Origin

From Middle English, see anger

Full definition of angry

Adjective

1. Displaying or feeling anger.
   His face became angry.
   An angry mob started looting the warehouse.
• 1898, Winston Churchill, The Celebrity Chapter 5, Then we relapsed into a discomfited silence, and wished we were anywhere else. But Miss Thorn relieved the situation by laughing aloud, and with such a hearty enjoyment that instead of getting angry and more mortified we began to laugh ourselves, and instantly felt better.
2. (said about a wound or a rash) Inflamed and painful.The broken glass left two angry cuts across my arm.
3. (figuratively, said about the sky or the sea) Dark and stormy, menacing.Angry clouds raced across the sky.
• ...nor dreads he the angry sea...

Synonyms

• (displaying anger) mad, enraged, wrathful, furious, apoplectic; irritated, annoyed, vexed, pissed off, cheesed off, worked up, psyched up

Derived terms

• angrily
• angriness

Anagrams

• rangy