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Angry Very Common

Angry has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Adjective
1

feeling or showing anger

"angry at the weather"

"angry customers"

"an angry silence"

"sending angry letters to the papers"

2

(of the elements) as if showing violent anger

"angry clouds on the horizon"

"furious winds"

"the raging sea"

3

severely inflamed and painful

"an angry sore"

4

Displaying or feeling anger.

"The crowd turned angry when the referee made a controversial call."

In plain English: Angry means feeling very upset and wanting to lash out because something made you mad.

"She was angry when her friend forgot their birthday again."

Example Sentences
"She was angry when her friend forgot their birthday again." adj
"The teacher looked angry when students arrived late to class again." adj
"He felt so angry after hearing the bad news that he couldn't speak for hours." adj
"My little sister was angry because her toy broke during playtime." adj
Related Terms
protest steamed up dust settles go nuclear main do one's nut fly into rage angered rise set off cut up nasty flip out flame up agro hot under collar incensed get grip livid peed off what's eating
Antonyms
unangry

Origin

The word angry comes from Middle English and is directly related to the noun anger. Its original meaning was simply being filled with or showing anger.

Rhyming Words
gry ogry aggry puggry hungry nangry hangry ahungry horngry unangry be angry get angry cumhungry semiangry go hungry am hungry be hungry make angry not hungry get hungry
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