angry

CEFRA1

/ˈæŋ.ɡɹi/

adjective · noun

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In plain English

01
adjective
Feeling or showing strong displeasure.
02
adjective
Extra detail
Dark and stormy, menacing.

Examples

Are you angry at what I said?
You must be careful not to make him angry.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses: 5
Parts of speech: 2
Citations: 5
Synonyms: 5

Also pronounced

/ˈeɪ̯ŋ.ɡɹi/

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

Inflamed and painful.
Displaying or feeling anger.

noun

Extra meaning

An angry person.

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In context

Her behaviour really made me angry.
An angry mob started looting the warehouse.
The broken glass left two angry cuts across my arm.

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The blank customer demanded a refund for the broken phone.

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Citations

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Cone, who once called himself “the angriest theologian in America,” is still angry.
2018 April 30, John Blake, “Remembering the theologian who took on the hypocrisy of the white church”, in CNN
Then we relapsed into a discomfited silence, and wished we were anywhere else. But Miss Thorn relieved the situation by laughing aloud, and with such a hearty enjoyment that instead of getting angry and more mortified we began to laugh ourselves, and instantly felt better.
1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC
But, statistically-speaking, there is significantly-greater-than-even odds of the American forces coming out victorious - as I said, largely due to, one, the sheer technology advantage of the radar and fire-control systems, and also two, the almighty swarm of Fletchers. Never, ever underestimate the firepower of an almighty swarm of angry Fletchers.
2019 March 6, Drachinifel, 41:58 from the start, in The Battle of Samar (Alternate History) - Bring on the Battleships!, archived from the original on 20 Jul 2022
I kept my window rolled up, eyes on the road, probably making the pickup man angrier with my silence.
2024 June 10, Thomas Lake, “17 years later, I still remember this act of kindness from another driver”, in CNN
All considered, never going to bed angry sounds like a good rule to live by. But it isn’t always useful, Romanoff said.
2025 May 16, Kristen Rogers, “The surprising benefits of going to bed angry at your partner”, in CNN

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Origin

adjective

From Middle English angry; see anger.

Deep Dive

adjective

noun

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The blank— customer demanded a refund for the broken phone.

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Origin

adjective

The blank customer demanded a refund for the broken phone.