angersome

English

Etymology

From anger +‎ -some.

Adjective

angersome (comparative more angersome, superlative most angersome)

1. Marked by, or showing anger; angry; wrathful
   • 1840, Thomas Hood, Tylney Hall:

     "[...] — there's been summut done to make God Almighty angersome, — mark my words on it."

   • 2013, Krishnanand, Sermons in the Storms:

     Unused to commotion and as also being surprised over that day's angersome attitude of her ever good-natured son, the Doctor's mother came and saw things to herself.

2. (chiefly dialectal, Scotland) Causing or arousing anger; vexatious; irritating
   • 2015, David Shoemaker, Responsibility from the Margins:

     As a sentiment, then, agential anger evaluates its object as “angersome,” as meriting anger.

Synonyms

• (marked by anger): wrathsome

Anagrams

• argemones, erga omnes