angry

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Etymology [edit]

From Middle English, see anger

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angry (comparative angrier, superlative angriest)

  1. Displaying or feeling anger.
    His face became angry.
    An angry mob started looting the warehouse.
  2. (said about a wound or a rash) Inflamed and painful.
    The broken glass left two angry cuts across my arm.
  3. (figuratively, said about the sky or the sea) Dark and stormy, menacing.
    Angry clouds raced across the sky.

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Middle English [edit]

Etymology [edit]

anger +‎ -y, from Old Norse angr (affliction, sorrow)

Adjective [edit]

angry

  1. Vexatious.
  2. Enraged, irate.