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angry.

Displaying or feeling anger.

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈæŋ.ɡɹi/General-American, Received-Pronunciation[ˈɛŋ-][ˈeɪ̯ŋ-]
  1. Displaying or feeling anger.

    His face became angry.
    An angry mob started looting the warehouse.
  2. Inflamed and painful.

    The broken glass left two angry cuts across my arm.
  3. Dark and stormy, menacing.

    figuratively
    Angry clouds raced across the sky.
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₂énǵʰosder. Proto-Germanic *angazaz Old Norse angrbor. Middle English anger Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y Middle English angry English angry From Middle English angry, equivalent to anger + -y; see anger.

noun/ˈæŋ.ɡɹi/General-American, Received-Pronunciation[ˈɛŋ-][ˈeɪ̯ŋ-]
  1. An angry person.

    informal · rare
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₂énǵʰosder. Proto-Germanic *angazaz Old Norse angrbor. Middle English anger Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y Middle English angry English angry From Middle English angry, equivalent to anger + -y; see anger.

verb/ˈæŋ.ɡɹi/General-American, Received-Pronunciation[ˈɛŋ-][ˈeɪ̯ŋ-]
  1. To anger.

    obsolete · transitive
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₂énǵʰosder. Proto-Germanic *angazaz Old Norse angrbor. Middle English anger Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y Middle English angry English angry From Middle English angry, equivalent to anger + -y; see anger.

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