Definitions for angry
ˈæŋ grian·g·ry

Princeton's WordNet(2.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. angryadjective

   feeling or showing anger

   "angry at the weather"; "angry customers"; "an angry silence"; "sending angry letters to the papers"

2. angry, furious, raging, tempestuous, wildadjective

   (of the elements) as if showing violent anger

   "angry clouds on the horizon"; "furious winds"; "the raging sea"

3. angryadjective

   severely inflamed and painful

   "an angry sore"

Wiktionary(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. angryadjective

   Displaying or feeling anger.

2. angryadjective

   Inflamed and painful.

   The broken glass left two angry cuts across my arm.

3. angryadjective

   Dark and stormy, menacing.

   Angry clouds raced across the sky.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Angryadjective

   Etymology: from anger.

   1. Touched with anger; provoked.

   Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak; peradventure there shall be thirty found there. Gen. xviii. 30.

   2. It seems properly to require, when the object of anger is mentioned, the particle at before a thing, and with before a person; but this is not always observed.

   Your Coriolanus is not much missed, but with his friends; the commonwealth doth stand, and so would do, were he angry at it. William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.

   Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life. Gen. xlv. 5.

   I think it a vast pleasure, that whenever two people of merit regard one another, so many scoundrels envy and are angry at them. Jonathan Swift.

   3. Having the appearance of anger; having the effect of anger.

   The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue. Prov. xxv. 23.

   4. In chirurgery, painful; inflamed; smarting.

   This serum, being accompanied by the thinner parts of the blood, grows red and angry; and, wanting its due regress into the mass, first gathers into a hard swelling, and, in a few days, ripens into matter, and so dischargeth. Richard Wiseman, Surgery.

Webster Dictionary(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Angry

   troublesome; vexatious; rigorous

2. Angry

   inflamed and painful, as a sore

3. Angry

   touched with anger; under the emotion of anger; feeling resentment; enraged; -- followed generally by with before a person, and at before a thing

4. Angry

   showing anger; proceeding from anger; acting as if moved by anger; wearing the marks of anger; as, angry words or tones; an angry sky; angry waves

5. Angry

   red

6. Angry

   sharp; keen; stimulated

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Angry

   See Anger.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'angry' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2408

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'angry' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3731

3. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'angry' in Adjectives Frequency: #317

Anagrams for angry »

1. rangy

How to pronounce angry?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of angry in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of angry in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of angry in a Sentence

1. Mario Cuomo:

   The world saw an African-American man in Staten Island die and people are confused, disgruntled and angry.

2. Eddy Williems:

   Even to this day, no one really knows why he did this, he was very influenced by something. Perhaps someone else was involved — as a biologist, how did he have money to pay for all of those discs ? Was he angry about the research ? Nobody knows.

3. William Butler Yeats:

   One should not lose one's temper unless one is certain of getting more and more angry to the end.

4. Matthew Weiner:

   I don't want them to walk away angry, i don't know anyone — unless they're performance artists — who wants to infuriate their audience.

5. Scheller Sr.:

   The Marines have fast-tracked him in his career. Until 30 days ago, he was a hero to the leadership of the Marine Corps. On August 26th, when 13 of our servicemen died in the Kabul Airport, something inside of our son snapped. He was angry. He is principled – he is a very courageous and principled man – but when that happened, he had to go and ask his leaders for accountability. He had many active duty Marines and veterans were asking is it worth it.

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