- feeling or expressing annoyance, animosity, or resentment; enraged
- suggestive of anger: angry clouds
- severely inflamed: an angry sore
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
an•gry /ˈæŋgri/USA pronunciation
adj., -gri•er, -gri•est.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- feeling anger or strong resentment:an angry parent.[be + ~ + at/with]She was angry at the dean. I was angry with the children that night.[be + ~ + about]I was angry about the insult.
- showing, expressing, caused by, or characterized by anger;
wrathful:[usually before a noun]angry words. - Dialect TermsChiefly New England and Midland U.S. [before a noun] inflamed;
red:an angry sore. - showing characteristics associated with anger:[usually: before a noun]an angry sea; angry clouds.
- angry is an adjective, anger is a noun, angrily is an adverb:They were very angry with you. He keeps his anger locked up inside. He stalked angrily out of the room.
an•gry
(ang′grē),USA pronunciation adj., -gri•er, -gri•est.
an′gri•ly, adv.
an′gri•ness, n.
- feeling or showing anger or strong resentment (usually fol. by at, with, or about):to be angry at the dean; to be angry about the snub.
- expressing, caused by, or characterized by anger;
wrathful:angry words. - Dialect Terms[Chiefly New Eng. and Midland U.S.]inflamed, as a sore;
exhibiting inflammation. - (of an object or phenomenon) exhibiting a characteristic or creating a mood associated with anger or danger, as by color, sound, force, etc.:an angry sea; the boom of angry guns.
- Middle English. See anger, -y1 1275–1325
an′gri•ness, n.
- 1. irate, incensed, enraged, infuriated, furious, mad; provoked, irritated.
- 1. calm.
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angry /ˈæŋɡrɪ/ adj ( -grier, -griest)
It was formerly considered incorrect to talk about being angry at a person, but this use is now acceptable
'angry' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
altercation
- anger
- at
- bad-tempered
- bark
- be
- black
- block
- blood
- boil
- cheesed off
- cross
- cut up
- dander
- dark
- darken
- easy
- evoke
- fit
- flame
- foam
- Fonda
- furious
- glare
- glower
- growl
- hackles
- handle
- harangue
- het up
- huff
- humpy
- incandescent
- irate
- lemony
- livid
- mad
- madden
- maggoty
- nana
- nut
- odium
- Osborne
- pass
- quarrel
- ramp
- rampage
- ratty
- rave
- ablaze