angry
/ˈæŋ.ɡɹi/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.66 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Displaying or feeling anger.
adj
Example Sentences
- "His face became angry."
- "An angry mob started looting the warehouse."
- "Then we relapsed into a discomfited silence, and wished we were anywhere else. But Miss Thorn relieved the situation by laughing aloud, and with such a hearty enjoyment that instead of getting angry and more mortified we began to laugh ourselves, and instantly felt better."
- "Cone, who once called himself “the angriest theologian in America,” is still angry."
- "But, statistically-speaking, there is significantly-greater-than-even odds of the American forces coming out victorious - as I said, largely due to, one, the sheer technology advantage of the radar and fire-control systems, and also two, the almighty swarm of Fletchers. Never, ever underestimate the firepower of an almighty swarm of angry Fletchers."
- "I kept my window rolled up, eyes on the road, probably making the pickup man angrier with my silence."
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.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: angry
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈæŋ.ɡɹi/
- British English: /ˈæŋ.ɡɹi/
Usage
Inflected Forms
angrier (comparative)
more angry (comparative)
angriest (superlative)
most angry (superlative)
angries (plural)
angries (present, singular)
angrying (participle, present)
angried (participle, past)
angried (past)