adj
Meaning 1
Displaying or feeling anger.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- His face became angry.
- An angry mob started looting the warehouse.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
angry
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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adj
Meaning 2
Inflamed and painful.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The broken glass left two angry cuts across my arm.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Dark and stormy, menacing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
Qualifier: like the sky or the sea
Examples
- Angry clouds raced across the sky.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
An angry person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, rare
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
To anger.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 6
feeling or showing anger
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- angry at the weather
- angry customers
- an angry silence
- sending angry letters to the papers
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: unangry(p)
adjective satellite
Meaning 7
(of the elements) as if showing violent anger
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- angry clouds on the horizon
- furious winds
- the raging sea
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: furious, raging, tempestuous, wild
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 8
severely inflamed and painful
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- an angry sore
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2enǵh- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h2énǵhosder. Proto-Germanic *angazaz Old Norse angrbor. Middle English anger Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y Middle English angry English angry From Middle English angry, equivalent to anger + -y; see anger.
Across languages
Translations
267 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: kwaad — displaying anger
- Albanian: i zemëruar — displaying anger
- Southern Altai: ачу (aču) — displaying anger
- American Sign Language: Claw5@NearNose-PalmBack — displaying anger
- Arabic: غَاضِب (ḡāḍib) — displaying anger
- Arabic: غَضْبَان (ḡaḍbān) — displaying anger
- Arabic: منرفز (menarfez) — displaying anger
- Arabic: غضبان (ḡaḍbān) — displaying anger
- Arabic: معصب (mʕaṣṣib) — displaying anger
- Arabic: معصب (muʕaṣṣib) — displaying anger
- Arabic: معصب (mʕaṣṣab) — displaying anger
- Arabic: غضبان (ḡaḍbān) — displaying anger
- Arabic: غاضب (ḡāḍeb) — displaying anger
- Arabic: غضبان (ḡaḍbān) — displaying anger
- Arabic: زعلان (zaʕlān) — displaying anger
- Armenian: ջղային (ǰġayin) — displaying anger
- Armenian: զայրացած (zayracʻac) — displaying anger
- Armenian: բարկացած (barkacʻac) — displaying anger
- Azerbaijani: hirsli — displaying anger
- Azerbaijani: qızğın — displaying anger
- Azerbaijani: əsəbi — displaying anger
- Belarusian: сярдзі́ты (sjardzíty) — displaying anger
- Belarusian: злы (zly) — displaying anger
- Bengali: উত্তেজিত (uttejito) — displaying anger
- Bengali: রাগী (ragi) — displaying anger
- Central Bikol: anggot — displaying anger
- Central Bikol: dagit — displaying anger
- Breton: droug en unan bennak — displaying anger
- Bulgarian: ядо́сан (jadósan) — displaying anger
- Bulgarian: разгне́вен (razgnéven) — displaying anger
- Bulgarian: сърди́т (sǎrdít) — displaying anger
- Burmese: စိတ်ဆိုး (cithcui:) — displaying anger
- Catalan: enrabiat — displaying anger
- Catalan: enutjat — displaying anger
- Catalan: emprenyat — displaying anger
- Cebuano: suko — displaying anger
- Chickasaw: hashaa — displaying anger
- Chickasaw: ishhashaa — displaying anger
- Chickasaw: i̠hashaa — displaying anger
- Chinese Cantonese: 嬲 (nau1) — displaying anger
- Chinese: 受氣 /受气 (zh-min-nan) — displaying anger
- Chinese Mandarin: 恼怒的 (nǎonù de) — displaying anger
- Chinese Mandarin: 憤怒的 /愤怒的 (fènnù de) — displaying anger
- Chinese Mandarin: 生氣的 /生气的 (shēngqì de) — displaying anger
- Chuukese: song — displaying anger
- Ngazidja Comorian: harimwa usiu — displaying anger
- Czech: naštvaný — displaying anger
- Czech: rozzlobený — displaying anger
- Czech: rozhněvaný — displaying anger
- Czech: zlostný — displaying anger
- Danish: vred — displaying anger
- Danish: sur — displaying anger
- Dutch: kwaad — displaying anger
- Dutch: boos — displaying anger
- Esperanto: kolera — displaying anger
- Finnish: vihainen — displaying anger
- French: fâché — displaying anger
- French: en colère — displaying anger
- French: furieux — displaying anger
- French: énervé — displaying anger
- Old French: irié — displaying anger
- Old French: irous — displaying anger
- North Frisian: ārig — displaying anger
- West-Frisian: lilk — displaying anger
- Galician: enfadado — displaying anger
- Galician: enfurruñado — displaying anger
- Gallurese: airatu — displaying anger
- Georgian: გაბრაზებული (gabrazebuli) — displaying anger
- Georgian: გაჯავრებული (gaǯavrebuli) — displaying anger
- Georgian: გაღიზიანებული (gaɣizianebuli) — displaying anger
- German: böse — displaying anger
- German: verärgert — displaying anger
- German: zornig — displaying anger
- Gothic: 𐌸𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌷𐍃 (þwairhs) — displaying anger
- Greek: θυμωμένος (thymoménos) — displaying anger
- Ancient Greek: ὀργίλος (orgílos) — displaying anger
- Greenlandic: ninngappoq — displaying anger
- Hawaiian: huhū — displaying anger
- Hebrew: סר (sar) — displaying anger
- Hindi: रूठा (rūṭhā) — displaying anger
- Hindi: क्रोधित (krodhit) — displaying anger
- Hindi: नाराज़ (nārāz) — displaying anger
- Hindi: ग़ुस्सा (ġussā) — displaying anger
- Hungarian: mérges — displaying anger
- Hungarian: dühös — displaying anger
- Hungarian: haragos — displaying anger
- Hungarian: ingerült — displaying anger
- Hungarian: bosszús — displaying anger
- Hungarian: dühödt — displaying anger
- Hungarian: bősz — displaying anger
- Hungarian: ideges — displaying anger
- Icelandic: reiður — displaying anger
- Ido: iracoza — displaying anger
- Indonesian: marah — displaying anger
- Ingrian: vihain — displaying anger
- Irish: cochallach — displaying anger
- Italian: arrabbiato — displaying anger
- Jamaican Creole: vex — displaying anger
- Jamaican Creole: bex — displaying anger
- Jamaican Creole: beks — displaying anger
- Japanese: 怒った (okotta) — displaying anger
- Kabuverdianu: iradu — displaying anger
- Kazakh: ашулы (aşuly) — displaying anger
- Khmer: ខឹង (khəng) — displaying anger
- Khmer: ដែលខឹង (dael khəng) — displaying anger
- Korean: 화난 (hwanan) — displaying anger
- Krio: vɛks — displaying anger
- Krio: angri — displaying anger
- Central Kurdish: تووڕە (tûrre) — displaying anger
- Central Kurdish: قەڵس (qells) — displaying anger
- Northern Kurdish: qehirî — displaying anger
- Northern Kurdish: biqehr — displaying anger
- Southern Kurdish: تۊڕە (türre) — displaying anger
- Kyrgyz: ачуулуу (acuuluu) — displaying anger
- Kyrgyz: каардуу (kaarduu) — displaying anger
- Kyrgyz: каарданган (kaardangan) — displaying anger
- Kyrgyz: ачуу (acuu) — displaying anger
- Kyrgyz: катуу (katuu) — displaying anger
- Kyrgyz: нааразы (naarazı) — displaying anger
- Kyrgyz: ыраазы эмес (ıraazı emes) — displaying anger
- Kyrgyz: кыжырланган (kıjırlangan) — displaying anger
- Kyrgyz: кыжырлуу (kıjırluu) — displaying anger
- Kyrgyz: жини келген (jini kelgen) — displaying anger
- Kyrgyz: жинденген (jindengen) — displaying anger
- Kyrgyz: туталанган (tutalangan) — displaying anger
- Kyrgyz: ырайымсыз (ırayımsız) — displaying anger
- Kyrgyz: штормдуу (аба ырайы (ştormduu (aba ırayı) — displaying anger
- Lao: ຄຽດ (khīat) — displaying anger
- Lao: ພິໂລດ (phi lōt) — displaying anger
- Latgalian: sirdeigs — displaying anger
- Latgalian: špetnys — displaying anger
- Latin: īrātus — displaying anger
- Latvian: dusmīgs — displaying anger
- Latvian: pikts — displaying anger
- Lithuanian: piktas — displaying anger
- Louisiana Creole: kolær — displaying anger
- Louisiana Creole: kolè — displaying anger
- Louisiana Creole: fashé — displaying anger
- Macedonian: разгневен (razgneven) — displaying anger
- Malay: marah — displaying anger
- Maltese: irrabjat — displaying anger
- Māori: naunau — displaying anger
- Māori: manawawera — displaying anger
- Māori: pukukino — displaying anger
- Māori: riri — displaying anger
- Māori: tūpehupehu — displaying anger
- Māori: hīkaka — displaying anger
- Māori: pukuriri — displaying anger
- Māori: ririhau — displaying anger
- Māori: takariri — displaying anger
- Marathi: रागवलेले (rāgavlele) — displaying anger
- Marathi: क्रोधित (krodhit) — displaying anger
- Middle English: angry — displaying anger
- Mongolian: ууртай (uurtaj) — displaying anger
- Nepali: क्रोधित (krodhit) — displaying anger
- Norman: dguffi — displaying anger
- Norman: mârri — displaying anger
- Norwegian: sint — displaying anger
- Norwegian Bokmål: rasende — displaying anger
- Occitan: emmaliciat — displaying anger
- Occitan: encolerit — displaying anger
- Old English: ierre — displaying anger
- O'odham: baga — displaying anger
- Persian: خشمگین (xašmgin) — displaying anger
- Persian: عصبانی ('asabâni) — displaying anger
- Plautdietsch: doll — displaying anger
- Polabian: zaglĕ — displaying anger
- Polish: zły — displaying anger
- Polish: rozgniewany — displaying anger
- Portuguese: bravo — displaying anger
- Portuguese: raivoso — displaying anger
- Portuguese: irritado — displaying anger
- Portuguese: zangado — displaying anger
- Punjabi: ਗੁੱਸਾ (gussā) — displaying anger
- Quechua: phiñasqa — displaying anger
- Romanian: furios — displaying anger
- Romanian: mânios — displaying anger
- Romanian: supărat — displaying anger
- Rotuman: feke — displaying anger
- Russian: серди́тый (serdítyj) — displaying anger
- Russian: злой (zloj) — displaying anger
- Russian: разгне́ванный (razgnévannyj) — displaying anger
- Russian: гне́вный (gnévnyj) — displaying anger
- Russian: рассе́рженный (rasséržennyj) — displaying anger
- Sanskrit: कुपित (kupita) — displaying anger
- Campidanese Sardinian: arrenegadu — displaying anger
- Sardinian: aghedadu — displaying anger
- Sassarese: affuttàdu — displaying anger
- Scots: fasht — displaying anger
- Scottish Gaelic: fiadhaich — displaying anger
- Serbo-Croatian: гневан — displaying anger
- Serbo-Croatian: гњеван — displaying anger
- Serbo-Croatian: gnevan — displaying anger
- Serbo-Croatian: gnjevan — displaying anger
- Slovak: rozhnevaný — displaying anger
- Slovak: zlostný — displaying anger
- Slovak: nahnevaný — displaying anger
- Slovene: jezen — displaying anger
- Spanish: enojado — displaying anger
- Spanish: enfadado — displaying anger
- Sundanese: ambek — displaying anger
- Sundanese: bendu — displaying anger
- Swedish: arg — displaying anger
- Swedish: ilsken — displaying anger
- Old Swedish: vreþer — displaying anger
- Tagalog: galit — displaying anger
- Tajik: хашмгин (xašmgin) — displaying anger
- Tajik: бадқаҳр (badqahr) — displaying anger
- Tajik: бадхашм (badxašm) — displaying anger
- Tajik: асабонӣ (asaboni) — displaying anger
- Tajik: асабӣ (asabi) — displaying anger
- Talysh: عصبانی (asebâni) — displaying anger
- Tamil: கோபமான (kōpamāṉa) — displaying anger
- Telugu: కోపం (kōpaṁ) — displaying anger
- Telugu: ఆగ్రహం (āgrahaṁ) — displaying anger
- Telugu: క్రోధం (krōdhaṁ) — displaying anger
- Thai: โกรธ (gròot) — displaying anger
- Tok Pisin: belihat — displaying anger
- Tok Pisin: kros — displaying anger
- Tonga (Zambia): kali — displaying anger
- Turkish: öfkeli — displaying anger
- Turkish: kızgın — displaying anger
- Turkish: sinirli — displaying anger
- Turkish: asabi — displaying anger
- Ottoman Turkish: قیزغین (kızgın) — displaying anger
- Ottoman Turkish: آزغین (azgın) — displaying anger
- Turkmen: gazaply — displaying anger
- Turkmen: gaharly — displaying anger
- Ukrainian: серди́тий (serdýtyj) — displaying anger
- Ukrainian: злий (zlyj) — displaying anger
- Ukrainian: розгні́ваний (rozhnívanyj) — displaying anger
- Ukrainian: розсе́рджений (rozsérdženyj) — displaying anger
- Unami: manunksi — displaying anger
- Urdu: روٹھا (rūṭhā) — displaying anger
- Urdu: ناراض (nārāz) — displaying anger
- Uzbek: jahldor — displaying anger
- Uzbek: badjahl — displaying anger
- Vietnamese: giận — displaying anger
- Vietnamese: tức — displaying anger
- Welsh: dig — displaying anger
- Welsh: dicllon — displaying anger
- Welsh: blin — displaying anger
- Winnebago: woogitek — displaying anger
- Yagara: ban — displaying anger
- Yiddish: ברוגז (broygez) — displaying anger
- Yiddish: אין כּעס (in kas) — displaying anger
- Yiddish: ברוגזלעך (broygezlekh) — displaying anger
- Yiddish: ברוגזדיק (broygezdik) — displaying anger
- Yiddish: רוגזהדיק (rugzedik) — displaying anger
- Zazaki: har (diq) — displaying anger
- Zazaki: fahs — displaying anger
- Zhuang: hozgaek — displaying anger
- Zhuang: hoznyaek — displaying anger
- Chinese Mandarin: 發炎且疼痛的 /发炎且疼痛的 (fāyán qiě téngtòng de) — inflamed and painful
- Finnish: kipeä — inflamed and painful
- Hungarian: fájó — inflamed and painful
- Hungarian: fájdalmas — inflamed and painful
- Hungarian: sajgó — inflamed and painful
- Hungarian: gyulladt — inflamed and painful
- Italian: infiammato — inflamed and painful
- Latvian: iekaisis — inflamed and painful
- Middle English: angry — inflamed and painful
- Portuguese: inflamado — inflamed and painful
- Spanish: inflamado — inflamed and painful
- Chinese Mandarin: 黑暗狂風的 /黑暗狂风的 (hēi'àn kuángfēng de) — dark and stormy
- Finnish: uhkaava — dark and stormy
- Finnish: synkkä — dark and stormy
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