| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | an·gry |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   ng gr |
| ADJECTIVE: | Inflected forms: an·gri·er, an·gri·est
1. Feeling or showing anger; incensed or enraged: angry at a rude neighbor; angry with a salesclerk. 2. Indicative of or resulting from anger: an angry silence. 3. Having a menacing aspect; threatening: angry clouds on the horizon. 4. Chiefly New England & Midland U.S. Inflamed and painful: an angry sore. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English angri, from anger, anger. See anger. | | OTHER FORMS: | angri·ly —ADVERB
angri·ness —NOUN
| | SYNONYMS: | angry, furious, indignant, irate, ireful, mad, wrathful These adjectives mean feeling or showing marked displeasure: an angry retort; a furious scowl; an indignant denial; irate protesters; ireful words; mad at a friend; a wrathful act.
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