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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an angry voice
an angry mob
an angry look
angry outbursts
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Recent Examples of angry
Many adults will think that the host’s rudeness justifies an angry response — and of course, that would vastly entertain the children.
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Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 8 Jan. 2025
Emotions: Your emotional state can cause a higher heart rate when stressed, scared, or angry than when calm.
—Kelly Burch Published, Verywell Health, 7 Jan. 2025
When customers are angry, representatives by nature are likely to get defensive.
—Tomas Gorny, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Watching his massive bank of video screens with the angry mob clashing with the Raiders, there seems to be more than a hint of veracity to that intriguing statement.
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 23 Dec. 2024
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Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 8 Jan. 2025
Emotions: Your emotional state can cause a higher heart rate when stressed, scared, or angry than when calm.
—Kelly Burch Published, Verywell Health, 7 Jan. 2025
When customers are angry, representatives by nature are likely to get defensive.
—Tomas Gorny, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Watching his massive bank of video screens with the angry mob clashing with the Raiders, there seems to be more than a hint of veracity to that intriguing statement.
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 23 Dec. 2024
See all Example Sentences for angry
Recent Examples of Synonyms for angry
Adjective
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Gabriela Cowperthwaite Twitter aside, there’s no better way to get indignant in a short amount of time than by watching Blackfish, Gabriela Cowperthwaite’s documentary look into the world of captive killer whales.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
8 Jan. 2025
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If Wired of the 2010s was the cheerful herald of a shiny, happy future (not a judgment!), this piece is its indignant child, pointing accusingly at the mess.—
Longreads,
Longreads,
20 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Everton had many mad weeks under former owner Farhad Moshiri, but this one has rivalled them.—
Patrick Boyland,
The Athletic,
10 Jan. 2025
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The elaborate choreography and colorful vision match Vincente Minnelli’s style but underneath carry a delirious energy equal to Ken Russell’s maddest visions of neurotic excess.—
Armond White,
National Review,
10 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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For years, murmurs of a US TikTok ban have left users and creators furious and terrified that a social media app that had become central to their lives could be taken away.—
Vox Staff,
Vox,
10 Jan. 2025
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In a furious assault that began Tuesday morning and continued into Wednesday night, a wind-and-wildfire monster attacked a metropolis of 4,753 square miles and nearly 10 million people, whipping up flames that tore through communities of every socioeconomic status and stripe.—
Shawn Hubler,
New York Times,
10 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Law enforcement officials said after driving into the Bourbon Street crowd and crashing the truck, Mr. Jabbar exited the car wearing a ballistic vest and helmet and fired at police, injuring at least two before he was shot and killed by officers returning fire.—
Kristie Rieken,
The Christian Science Monitor,
3 Jan. 2025
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Made of ballistic Kevlar with velvet leaves, it was created by designer Tobias Wong in 2004, an era of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.—
Roger Catlin,
Smithsonian Magazine,
31 Dec. 2024
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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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The two initiatives appeared to both panic and infuriate Kagame, who viewed them as part of a joint attempt by Tshisekedi and Museveni to sideline him economically and strategically.—
Michela Wrong,
Foreign Affairs,
13 Apr. 2023
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“Angry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/angry. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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