angrier; angriest
1
: feeling or showing anger
an angry crowd
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
Examples of angry in a Sentence
I've never seen her look so angry.
An angry crowd gathered outside the courthouse.
I was angry that he had forgotten my birthday.
What made you so angry?
He got angry when he found out about their plans.
He sent an angry letter to the company president.
They had an argument and exchanged some angry words.
She gave me an angry look.
Recent Examples on the Web
An angry man, the same one from earlier, bellows at Jackson as he is muscled off the ball, and there are more expletives as Chelsea pass it backwards after getting close to Everton’s penalty area.
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Simon Johnson, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
In 2010, under pressure over the healthcare overhaul that became known as Obamacare, a number of House Democrats skipped public events after facing angry town halls the previous summer.
—Steve Peoples and Thomas Beaumont, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2025
President Donald Trump urged Republican lawmakers to eject protestors from town hall meetings in their districts Sunday, after several GOP lawmakers have faced angry constituents questioning his administration’s policies in recent weeks.
—Danielle Chemtob, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
In a thousand-page decision, the Court provided no evidence that a temple had been destroyed to build the mosque, and acknowledged that the mosque had been torn down by an angry mob.
—Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
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Simon Johnson, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
In 2010, under pressure over the healthcare overhaul that became known as Obamacare, a number of House Democrats skipped public events after facing angry town halls the previous summer.
—Steve Peoples and Thomas Beaumont, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2025
President Donald Trump urged Republican lawmakers to eject protestors from town hall meetings in their districts Sunday, after several GOP lawmakers have faced angry constituents questioning his administration’s policies in recent weeks.
—Danielle Chemtob, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
In a thousand-page decision, the Court provided no evidence that a temple had been destroyed to build the mosque, and acknowledged that the mosque had been torn down by an angry mob.
—Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for angry
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“Angry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/angry. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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