Lexic.us

Definition of Angry

1. Adjective. Feeling or showing anger. "Sending angry letters to the papers"

2. Adjective. (of the elements) as if showing violent anger. "The raging sea"

3. Adjective. Severely inflamed and painful. "An angry sore"

Definition of Angry

1. a. Troublesome; vexatious; rigorous.

Definition of Angry

1. Adjective. Displaying or feeling anger. ¹

2. Adjective. (context: said about a wound or a rash) Inflamed and painful. ¹

3. Adjective. (figuratively said about the sky or the sea) Dark and stormy, menacing. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Angry

1. feeling strong displeasure or hostility [adj -GRIER, -GRIEST] : ANGRILY [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Angry

angostura angostura bark angosturas angoumois grain moth angoumois moth angrecum angrier angries angriest angrily

angriness angrinesses angrite angrites angritic angry (current term) angry fruit salad angry fruit salads angry walk angryphone

angryphones angst angst-bunny angst-ridden angst bunnies angst bunny angstbunnies angstbunny angsted angstier

Literary usage of Angry

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle by Aristotle, Robert Williams (1869)
"For we can be angry with those with whom we ought not to be angry, and at things at which we ought not to be angry, and we can be more angry than we ought, ..."

2. The Iliad of Homer by Homer (1796)
"... when he the thunder throws, And fires Typhoeus with redoubled blows, Ver. 95o. As when angry Jove. ..."

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