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
Waves of immigration have sparked an angry ethno-nationalism that advantages ideological extremes.
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Charles A. Kupchan, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2025
Many people were really unhappy, depressed and angry, frustrated.
—Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 9 Jan. 2025
There’s also a troubling recurrent theme of angry, violent, and/or distraught mothers, who we are asked to watch suffer or inflict suffering on others time and time again.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 9 Jan. 2025
About half an hour later, a security camera captured footage of a woman who bore a striking resemblance to the angry tourist carrying a red gasoline can.
—Graciela Mochkofsky, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2025
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Charles A. Kupchan, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2025
Many people were really unhappy, depressed and angry, frustrated.
—Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 9 Jan. 2025
There’s also a troubling recurrent theme of angry, violent, and/or distraught mothers, who we are asked to watch suffer or inflict suffering on others time and time again.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 9 Jan. 2025
About half an hour later, a security camera captured footage of a woman who bore a striking resemblance to the angry tourist carrying a red gasoline can.
—Graciela Mochkofsky, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2025
See all Example Sentences for angry
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“Angry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/angry. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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