angry

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angry

The angry customer complained about the broken product.

Definition
  1. Adjective:
    • Feeling or showing strong displeasure, hostility, or rage: This is the primary meaning, describing an emotional state of being upset, annoyed, or furious, often because of a perceived wrong or injustice.
    • Severely inflamed and painful: Used to describe a sore, wound, or rash that is red, swollen, and sore.
    • (Of natural elements) As if showing violent anger; wild and stormy: Used figuratively to describe the sky, sea, or weather that appears dark, turbulent, and threatening.
Examples of Usage
  • Feeling or showing anger:
    • She was angry with her brother for breaking her toy.
    • The angry customer demanded to speak to the manager.
    • He gave me an angry look.
  • Severely inflamed:
    • The cut on his leg became red and angry.
  • (Of natural elements):
    • Angry clouds gathered on the horizon before the storm.
    • The angry sea battered the coast.
Advanced Usage
  • "to be/get angry with (at) someone": to feel anger directed towards a specific person.
    • Don't be angry with me; it was an accident.
  • "to be/get angry about (at) something": to feel anger because of a specific event or thing.
    • He is still angry about the unfair decision.
  • "to make someone angry": to cause someone to become angry.
    • His constant interruptions made her very angry.
Variants and Related Words
  • Angrily (adverb): in an angry manner.
    • He spoke angrily to the referee.
  • Anger (noun): the strong feeling of displeasure and hostility.
    • She struggled to control her anger.
Synonyms
  • Furious: Extremely angry.
  • Irate: Very angry.
  • Indignant: Angry because of something perceived as unfair.
  • Wrathful: (Formal/literary) Full of intense anger.
  • Annoyed: Mildly angry or irritated.
Related Phrases
  • Angry young man: A label for a young man, especially in mid-20th century Britain, who is rebellious and critical of social norms.
  • Angry silence: A silence that clearly communicates anger without words.
Idioms
  • See red: To become very angry suddenly.
    • When he insulted her family, she saw red.
  • Bite someone's head off: To respond to someone with sudden, extreme anger.
    • I just asked a simple question, and she bit my head off.
angry

The angry customer complained about the broken product.

Adjective
  1. severely inflamed and painful
    • an angry sore
  2. (of the elements) as if showing violent anger
    • angry clouds on the horizon
    • furious winds
    • the raging sea
  3. feeling or showing anger
    • angry at the weather
    • angry customers
    • an angry silence
    • sending angry letters to the papers