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[ adjective ] feeling or showing anger
Examples "angry at the weather" "angry customers" "an angry silence" "sending angry letters to the papers" Used in print (The Providence Journal...)The angriest young_man in Newport last night was at the Playhouse , where `` Epitaph_for_George_Dillon '' opened as the jazz_festival closed . (Clayton C. Barbeau, The Ikon....)Where their sharp edges seemed restless as sea waves thrusting themselves upward in angry motion , Papa-san sat glacier like , his smooth solidity , his very immobility defying all the turmoil about him . (Howard Fast, April Morning....)I had squeezed the trigger of my own gun , and to my amazement , it had fired and kicked_back into my shoulder with the force of an angry mule ; and then I was adding my own voice to the crescendo of sound , hurling more vile language than I ever thought I knew , sobbing and shouting , and aware that if I had passed_water before , it was not enough , for my pants were soaking wet . (Bruce Palmer, "My Brother's Keeper", Many Are...)He was angry , sickened . (W. H. Gass, "The Pedersen Kid," in The...)He was awful angry because he 'd thought Ma was going_to do something big , something heroic even , especially for her . Related terms unangry huffy angered black wrathful indignant livid irate smoldering hot_under_the_collar choleric aggravated |
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[ adjective ] (of the elements) as if showing violent anger
Synonyms Examples "angry clouds on the horizon" "furious winds" "the raging sea" Used in print (T. C. McClary, "The Flooded Desert," Argosy,...)They were engulfed by the weird silence , broken only by the low , angry murmur of the river . Related terms |
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