angry

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English angry; see anger. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈæŋ.ɡɹi/ Rhymes: -æŋɡɹi === Adjective === angry (comparative angrier or more angry, superlative angriest or most angry) Displaying or feeling anger. (said about a wound or a rash) Inflamed and painful. (figuratively, said about the elements, like the sky or the sea) Dark and stormy, menacing. ==== Usage notes ==== The comparative more angry and the superlative most angry are also occasionally found. The sense “feeling anger” is construed with with or at when the object is a person: I’m angry with/at my boss. It is construed with at or about when the object is a situation: I’m angry at/about what he said. When both a person and a situation are given, the latter is construed with for instead: I’m angry with/at my boss for what he said. But, as with many other words for emotions, sentences with an unmarked subordinate clause are also possible: Are you angry I'm here with you? ==== Synonyms ==== (displaying anger): upset, mad, enraged, wrathful, furious, apoplectic; irritated, annoyed, vexed, pissed off, cheesed off, worked up, psyched up, ireful. See also Thesaurus:angry ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === angry (third-person singular simple present angries, present participle angrying, simple past and past participle angried) (transitive, obsolete) To anger. === See also === Anger on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === rangy == Middle English == === Alternative forms === angri, angrye === Etymology === From anger +‎ -y, from Old Norse angr (“affliction, sorrow”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈanɡriː/ === Adjective === angry (superlative angriest) Angry; displaying angriness (usually of actions) Easily annoyed or angered; irous or spiteful. Severe, vexatious, ferocious, painful. ==== Derived terms ==== angrily angrynes ==== Descendants ==== English: angry Scots: angry ==== References ==== “angrī, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2 April 2019.