as in enraged
feeling or showing anger
my sister gets really angry and practically throws a tantrum if her soccer team loses
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Recent Examples of angry
To give my permission to be sad, to be angry, to be confused.
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Literary Hub, 11 Feb. 2026
When Davis declined to share his fries, the suspect got angry and fired a bullet into his head, Kennedy said.
—Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Feb. 2026
The angry Heat fan, accustomed to championship parades and long playoff runs, is now wielding a pitchfork, loudly lamenting this 30-plus month stretch of pent-up play-in frustration.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 10 Feb. 2026
Some people will soon enjoy romantic and joyful Valentine's Day with special others in their lives, but others might be less enthusiastic — whether single and not happy about it or angry with an ex.
—Adam Harrington, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for angry
Literary Hub, 11 Feb. 2026
When Davis declined to share his fries, the suspect got angry and fired a bullet into his head, Kennedy said.
—Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Feb. 2026
The angry Heat fan, accustomed to championship parades and long playoff runs, is now wielding a pitchfork, loudly lamenting this 30-plus month stretch of pent-up play-in frustration.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 10 Feb. 2026
Some people will soon enjoy romantic and joyful Valentine's Day with special others in their lives, but others might be less enthusiastic — whether single and not happy about it or angry with an ex.
—Adam Harrington, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for angry
Recent Examples of Synonyms for angry
Adjective
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However, her direct and outspoken approach has also led to controversy, with enraged officials in Honduras once wanting to declare her persona non grata.—
Yamlek Mojica Loaisiga,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Feb. 2026
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And why did that treatment — at least initially — leave Zverev so enraged?—
Eduardo Tansley,
New York Times,
30 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Depictions of such raw humanity have the capacity to shape us into more compassionate community members, more thoughtful voters and more indignant seekers of justice.—
Anya Sesay,
jsonline.com,
5 Feb. 2026
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By documenting not just his actions but showing the privilege his race, religion and background afford him in comparison to his colleagues, the film reveals the inherent inequality in whose stories get told, and who’s allowed to be angry, indignant and morally correct.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
26 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The Donald would be outraged, not pleased.—
Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
8 Feb. 2026
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Of course any right-thinking person is offended and outraged.—
Bill Goodykoontz,
AZCentral.com,
6 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Police said the two male juveniles became angered when the other three would not take them to buy marijuana.—
Carlos E. Castañeda,
CBS News,
20 Jan. 2026
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Soon, the faces of the angered New York City citizens around her soften.—
Angelica Jade Bastién,
Vulture,
15 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The Department of Homeland Security is slinging money around like mad.—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 Feb. 2026
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Bugatti is marking the 20th birthday of its extraordinary Veyron with a special-edition hypercar that pays tribute to the 'mad genius' who designed it, Ferdinand Karl Piëch.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
6 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Saturday evening, police released a photo of Haile Cummings, 34, who is being sought in connection with the furious shoot-out inside Taste of the City Lounge on Franklin Ave.—
Nicholas Williams,
New York Daily News,
8 Feb. 2026
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That may not be enough to stop furious lawmakers trying to eject the prime minister from office over his failure of judgment.—
Jill Lawless,
Fortune,
7 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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And many people are gonna go ballistic in Brazil.—
Rebecca Ford,
Vanity Fair,
10 Feb. 2026
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Police said officers shot the suspect and his grandmother during the gunfight, and that the suspect also hit one officer in the ballistic vest.—
Chase Rogers,
Dallas Morning News,
4 Feb. 2026
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Like across-the-board tariffs, which would eat into profit margins and infuriate investors.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN,
5 Mar. 2025
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The results, which are beautifully austere, flooded by sunlight but somehow cold, infuriate Van Buren, played with a masculine bluster by Guy Pearce, who sounds as if his idea of the Breakfast of Champions was a bowl of ground glass drowned in whole milk.—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
3 Jan. 2025
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“Angry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/angry. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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