angry
feeling or showing anger
How often you will meet it
Rank 939 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 19,538 times across 175,160 chapters — 0.009% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
adjective
- feeling or showing anger angry at the weatherangry customers
- (of the elements) as if showing violent anger also: furious, raging, tempestuous, wild angry clouds on the horizonfurious winds
- severely inflamed and painful an angry sore
angry in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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The king was surprised at this speech but not angry.
An Egyptian Princess — Volume 07 · Georg Ebers · Chapter 1
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Cried Jem--"Don't be angry vith me; Sit still, and I'll soon--PUT YOU OUT!"
Sketches by Seymour — Volume 04 · Robert Seymour · Chapter 1
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Rough hands seized me and angry men bore me away, and I was thankful.
The Red Record Tabulated Statistics · Ida B. Wells-Barnett · Chapter 1
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I persisted for a fortnight, and failing to see any, wrote an angry letter to my publishers.
Punch — Volume 99, August 16, 1890 · Various · Chapter 1
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The old man spoke sternly and the boy stopped, flushed and angry, and a moment later slipped from the room.
The Heart of the Hills · John, Jr. Fox · Chapter 1