an ‧ gry S3 W3 /ˈæŋɡri/ BrE AmE adjective ( comparative angrier , superlative angriest )
[ Word Family: verb : ↑ anger ; noun : ↑ anger ; adverb : ↑ angrily ; adjective : ↑ angry ]
[ Date: 1300-1400 ; Origin: anger ]
1 . feeling strong emotions which make you want to shout at someone or hurt them because they have behaved in an unfair, cruel, offensive etc way, or because you think that a situation is unfair, unacceptable etc ⇨ annoyed :
I was angry because he hadn’t told me his plans.
He was beginning to get angry.
His comments brought an angry response from opposition politicians.
‘Calm down,’ she said, looking at his angry face.
angry with/at
‘Please don’t be angry with me,’ she said.
Jesse laughed, which made me even angrier.
angry about/over
Kate’s still so angry about the whole thing.
angry (that)
The workers are angry that they haven’t been paid for the week.
2 . angry with/at yourself feeling strongly that you wish you had done something or had not done something:
David was angry with himself for letting the others see his true feelings.
3 . literary an angry sky or cloud looks dark and stormy
4 . literary an angry wound etc is painful and red and looks infected SYN inflamed
—angrily adverb :
Joey reacted angrily.
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THESAURUS
▪ angry feeling strong emotions because you think someone has behaved badly, or because a situation seems bad or unfair:
He gets really angry if people keep him waiting.
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a crowd of angry protesters
▪ mad [not before noun] informal angry:
Dad was mad at me for damaging the car.
▪ cross [not before noun] spoken rather angry – used when speaking to people you know well:
She was cross with me for being late.
▪ annoyed [not before noun] a little angry:
I was annoyed no one had told me the class was cancelled.
▪ irritated annoyed and impatient, especially by something that keeps happening or something someone keeps saying:
I was irritated by their stupid questions.
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an irritated voice
▪ bad-tempered becoming annoyed or angry easily:
a bad-tempered old man
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He’s always bad-tempered when he doesn’t get what he wants.
▪ in a bad/foul mood feeling a little angry for a period of time, often for no particular reason:
I woke up in a bad mood.
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She’s been in a foul mood all morning.
▪ in a huff /hʌf/ in an angry mood for a short time, especially because someone has just said something to offend or annoy you:
He walked off in a huff when they refused to let him join in their game.
▪ somebody has got up on the wrong side of the bed informal used when you think someone has been in an angry mood all day, for no particular reason – often used humorously:
I don’t know what’s wrong – she must have got up on the wrong side of the bed today.
■ extremely angry
▪ furious/livid extremely angry:
She was furious when she found out he’d been lying to her.
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He looked absolutely livid.
▪ outraged very angry and shocked by something you think is unfair or wrong:
Most people were outraged by the 9/11 attacks.
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complaints from outraged viewers
▪ incandescent with rage British English formal extremely angry – used mainly in writing, for example in newspaper reports:
Gordon Brown was reported to be incandescent with rage over the article.
▪ lose your temper to suddenly become very angry and start shouting at someone:
It was the first time I’d seen her lose her temper.