ˈaŋgrē, ˈaiŋ-, -ri, chiefly substand -ŋr- adjective
( often -er/-est )
Etymology: Middle English, from anger (I) + -y
1. : feeling some degree of anger : showing vexation or hot resentment : wrathful , irate
angry with anyone who dislikes the Cockney manner — Times Literary Supplement
angry at the weather
2.
a. : indicative of anger : proceeding from anger
angry words
b. : seeming to show anger : threatening or seeming to threaten angrily
an angry sky
a scorpion with wide angry nippers — Robert Browning
3. : inflamed and painful — used of a sore
4.
a. archaic : habitually irascible and bad-tempered
b. : appearing or being naturally fierce or feral
by angry wolf — John Keats
5. : having some characteristic associated with anger ; especially : having a hue that suggests anger
an angry red
Synonyms:
mad , irate , indignant , wrathful , wroth , acrimonious : Although one may occasionally be inwardly and secretly angry , the word commonly implies excited displeasure outwardly expressed
she wanted somebody to be angry with, somebody to abuse — George Meredith
Often but not always the word may imply a justifiable cause for displeasure
he hardly ever gets angry, doesn't half stand up for his rights — Margaret Mead
mad is a close equivalent to angry but lacks implications about expression
Old Rough and Ready was getting mad … no official thanks for the victories had reached him — Bernard De Voto
irate stresses vehement irascible expression of displeasure
the men were getting more cautious and at the same time more irate and violent in their language — Anthony Trollope
indignant always suggests some justification for wrath, some righteousness of anger
he … grows very hot and indignant when he thinks of the disrespectful treatment he received — Rudyard Kipling
the natives, indignant at the insult offered their laws …, made a dash at the rioters — Herman Melville
wrathful and the less common wroth may express the vehemence of irate and the justification of indignant
Mr. Seddon winced. Then he became wrathful in a dry legal fashion. “That”, he said, “is a most improper question” — Agatha Christie
eyes more wild than those of Moses when, at the sight of the golden calf and the dancing, his heart waxed wroth within him — L.P.Smith
acrimonious implies bitter feeling, rising temper, and caustic expression
no modern subject, probably, has brought forth so much lyric liturgy and acrimonious debate — M.R.Cohen
angry and mad are more common than the other words in reference to animals
an angry hornet
a mad bull
and angry and wrathful are the most commonly used in the group in reference to raging or ominous natural phenomena
angry storm clouds
wrathful lightning