angry

Meanings

1. Feeling strong displeasure, often wanting to shout or complain.
2. Showing anger, as in an angry face.

Example sentences

• "She was angry with him for being late."

  Level A1, Meaning 1

• "The angry crowd shouted outside the town hall."

  Level A2, Meaning 2

• "Don't get angry about a small mistake."

  Level A2, Meaning 1

• "The sea looked grey and angry."

  Level B2, Meaning 2

Synonyms and antonyms

Look-alikes and common mistakes

• mad : In American English, mad is a common, informal word for angry. In British English it often means crazy.
• furious : Furious is extremely angry. Angry covers all levels of the feeling.

Word family and forms

Forms: angrier, angriest

Word partners

Words and phrases that often go with "angry".

• angry with
• angry about
• get angry
• an angry crowd
• angry words
• angry at

Origin

Angry is made from anger plus the ending -y, and it is found in English from the 1300s. Anger itself came from the Old Norse word angr, meaning sorrow or grief.

Checked against: Wiktionary, the free dictionary, Dictionary.com.

How to remember it

Angry is anger with the er changed to ry. Say anger, then say it with a y at the end.

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