Angry | Definition of angry by Merriam-Webster

Full Definition of ANGRY

1

: feeling or showing anger

2

a : indicative of or proceeding from anger <angry words>

b : seeming to show anger or to threaten in an angry manner <an angry sky>

3

: painfully inflamed <an angry rash>

— an·gri·ly \-grə-lē\ adverb

— an·gri·ness \-grē-nəs\ noun

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14th century

Synonyms: angered, apoplectic, ballistic, cheesed off [chiefly British], choleric, enraged, foaming, fuming, furious, hopping, horn-mad, hot, incensed, indignant, inflamed (also enflamed), infuriate, infuriated, irate, ireful, livid, mad, outraged, rabid, rankled, riled, riley, roiled, shirty [chiefly British], sore, steamed up, steaming, teed off, ticked, wrathful, wroth, bent out of shape, blue in the face, fit to be tied, going crook [Australian & New Zealand], hopping mad, hot under the collar, in a fume, in a huff, in a pet

: feeling or showing great annoyance or displeasure : feeling or showing anger

— an·gri·ly \-grə-lē\ adverb <shouting angrily>

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