Synonyms of angered

angered 1 of 2

adjective

as in angry

feeling or showing anger

angered residents demanded to know why their street hadn't been plowed three days after the snowstorm

Synonyms & Similar Words

• angry
• enraged
• infuriated
• outraged
• indignant
• furious
• mad
• ballistic
• infuriate
• incensed
• irate
• annoyed
• riled
• rabid
• passionate
• sore
• livid
• apoplectic
• wrathful
• fuming
• inflamed
• irritable
• hot
• rankled
• in a huff
• hot under the collar
• choleric
• wroth
• hopping mad
• bent out of shape
• fit to be tied
• blue in the face
• in a pet
• steaming
• ireful
• exasperated
• aggravated
• foaming
• in a fume
• roiled
• ticked
• cheesed off
• shirty
• hopping
• going crook
• steamed up
• horn-mad
• embittered
• resentful
• seething
• spiteful
• vengeful
• vindictive
• antagonistic
• unpleasant
• teed off
• riley
• boiling
• bristling
• virulent
• acrimonious
• malevolent
• vitriolic
• cross
• perturbed
• huffy
• ranting
• worked up
• antipathetic
• wrought (up)
• disagreeable
• sulky
• burning
• rancorous
• petulant
• antisocial
• unfriendly
• inimical
• stormy
• peevish
• smoldering
• raving
• distant
• disapproving
• bitter
• sizzling
• irascible
• fretful
• belligerent
• bristly
• icy
• acrid
• testy
• churlish
• cantankerous
• grumpy
• snappish
• frigid
• cold
• grouchy
• touchy
• dyspeptic
• piqued
• pugnacious
• quarrelsome
• inflammable
• bilious
• ill-tempered
• crabby
• ornery
• cranky
• contentious
• querulous
• contrary
• cool
• fussy
• disputatious
• argumentative
• ill-humored
• quick-tempered
• sorehead
• bearish
• put out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• delighted
• pleased
• accepting
• agreeable
• happy
• friendly
• accommodating
• amenable
• sympathetic
• satisfied
• complaisant
• amicable
• cordial
• content
• obliging
• angerless
• tolerant
• calm
• empathetic
• understanding
• pleasant
• peaceable
• amiable
• sweet
• serene
• placid
• kind
• good-natured
• tranquil
• affable
• pacific
• easygoing
• genial
• unembittered
• good-tempered

angered

2 of 2

verb

past tense of anger

as in infuriated

to make angry

it's virtually impossible to anger Mrs. Peterson—she's the most easygoing person I've ever known

Synonyms & Similar Words

• infuriated
• enraged
• outraged
• annoyed
• irritated
• incensed
• offended
• riled
• rankled
• maddened
• inflamed
• roiled
• aggravated
• provoked
• steamed up
• ired
• ticked off
• exasperated
• miffed
• affronted
• madded
• peeved
• vexed
• rubbed the wrong way
• nettled
• ruffled
• antagonized
• huffed
• crossed
• burned (up)
• piqued
• embittered
• got
• got one's goat
• put out
• envenomed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• pleased
• delighted
• gratified
• relieved
• comforted
• consoled
• soothed
• allayed
• assuaged
• appeased
• mollified
• pacified
• calmed
• quieted
• settled
• charmed
• lulled
• captivated
• enchanted
• placated
• disarmed
• bewitched
• beguiled
• conciliated

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of angered

Adjective

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

Soon, the faces of the angered New York City citizens around her soften. — Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2025

Verb

The strategy has also angered China, which has demanded that Manila rein in the Coast Guard spokesman who leads it. — Jill Goldenziel, Forbes.com, 30 July 2026

But council members Kimberly Owens and JD Mazuera Arias said they were shocked and angered that no one from CMPD or city administration informed them of the case until the day the Observer’s initial story published. — Caitlin McGlade, Charlotte Observer, 30 July 2026

Misinformation asserting that the deadly virus isn’t real and the restriction of traditional funerals to limit the outbreak’s spread have angered some residents and led to attacks on health facilities. — ABC News, 30 July 2026

The restrictions that health authorities have placed on such funerals, along with widespread misinformation asserting that the deadly virus isn’t real, have angered some residents and led to attacks on health facilities. — Prosper Heri Ngorora, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026

After four stage wins in the opening week, several riders and bosses were angered when UAE attempted to reel in the breakaway on stage 9 into Ussel, seemingly for little reason. — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 26 July 2026

Rising housing prices, overwhelmed public transport and a flood of tourists in historic districts have angered locals, according to Reuters. — Teresa Mull, FOXNews.com, 25 July 2026

World Cup fans were frequently angered not only by unfavorable refereeing decisions, but by inconsistency. — Basel Tarab, STAT, 22 July 2026

This highly unusual request followed a Jimmy Kimmel comment that angered the administration. — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 21 July 2026