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angry

UK/ˈæŋ.ɡɹi/ US/ˈæŋ.ɡɹʷɪi̯/ very common informal

adjective

1.

feeling or showing anger

  • “angry at the weather”
  • “angry customers”
  • “an angry silence”
  • “sending angry letters to the papers”
2.

(of the elements) as if showing violent anger

  • “angry clouds on the horizon”
  • “furious winds”
  • “the raging sea”
3.

severely inflamed and painful

  • “an angry sore”
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Origin

From Middle English angry, equivalent to anger + -y; see anger.

Phrases

  • a hungry man is an angry man
  • angry as a wet hen
  • angry fruit salad
  • angry mode
  • angry white male
  • angry white man
  • Angry Young Man
  • lose one's temper

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