angrier; angriest
1
: feeling or showing anger
an angry crowd
2
a
: indicative of or proceeding from anger
angry words
b
: seeming to show anger or to threaten in an angry manner
an angry sky
3
: painfully inflamed
an angry rash
Synonyms
- angered
- apoplectic
- ballistic
- cheesed off [chiefly British]
- choleric
- enraged
- foaming
- fuming
- furious
- hopping
- horn-mad
- hot
- incensed
- indignant
- inflamed
- enflamed
- infuriate
- infuriated
- irate
- ireful
- livid
- mad
- outraged
- rabid
- rankled
- riled
- riley
- roiled
- shirty [chiefly British]
- sore
- steamed up
- steaming
- teed off
- ticked
- wrathful
- wroth
Examples of angry in a Sentence
I've never seen her look so angry.
An angry crowd gathered outside the courthouse.
I was angry that he had forgotten my birthday.
What made you so angry?
He got angry when he found out about their plans.
He sent an angry letter to the company president.
They had an argument and exchanged some angry words.
She gave me an angry look.
Recent Examples on the Web
Hezbollah’s reputation in the country has suffered; many Lebanese, including the militia’s Shiite supporters, are angry at the scale of destruction of a war that many saw as unnecessary.
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Dina Kraft, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Nov. 2024
Yet just a season ago the Galaxy’s main supporters’ groups were boycotting home games, angry over the team’s lack of direction and its dysfunctional front office.
—Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 26 Nov. 2024
Another individual’s authentic self might be abrasive or angry.
—Leon E. Moores, Md, Dsc, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
But his leadership has been beset by an immediate sense of crisis, low approval ratings and more recently a mass protest by angry farmers.
—Freddie Clayton, NBC News, 25 Nov. 2024
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Dina Kraft, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Nov. 2024
Yet just a season ago the Galaxy’s main supporters’ groups were boycotting home games, angry over the team’s lack of direction and its dysfunctional front office.
—Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 26 Nov. 2024
Another individual’s authentic self might be abrasive or angry.
—Leon E. Moores, Md, Dsc, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
But his leadership has been beset by an immediate sense of crisis, low approval ratings and more recently a mass protest by angry farmers.
—Freddie Clayton, NBC News, 25 Nov. 2024
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“Angry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/angry. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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