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
• infuriate
• ballistic
• incensed
• irate
• annoyed
• riled
• rabid
• livid
• passionate
• sore
• apoplectic
• wrathful
• fuming
• inflamed
• irritable
• rankled
• in a huff
• hot under the collar
• hot
• choleric
• wroth
• hopping mad
• bent out of shape
• fit to be tied
• blue in the face
• in a pet
• ireful
• steaming
• in a fume
• foaming
• exasperated
• roiled
• aggravated
• ticked
• cheesed off
• shirty
• hopping
• going crook
• steamed up
• horn-mad
• embittered
• resentful
• seething
• spiteful
• vengeful
• vindictive
• antagonistic
• teed off
• unpleasant
• riley
• bristling
• boiling
• virulent
• acrimonious
• malevolent
• vitriolic
• perturbed
• cross
• huffy
• ranting
• worked up
• antipathetic
• wrought (up)
• disagreeable
• sulky
• burning
• rancorous
• petulant
• antisocial
• unfriendly
• inimical
• stormy
• peevish
• smoldering
• raving
• distant
• sizzling
• disapproving
• irascible
• bitter
• belligerent
• fretful
• bristly
• icy
• acrid
• testy
• churlish
• cantankerous
• grumpy
• snappish
• frigid
• grouchy
• touchy
• dyspeptic
• cold
• 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 White House had previously angered US ranchers by quadrupling low-tariff imports of Argentine beef to cool prices. — Max Saltman, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026

During a joint practice last summer in Houston, Moehrig decked Texans wide receiver Xavier Hutchinson on a hard but clean hit that angered a few of Hutchinson’s teammates. — Joseph Person, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026

Wasserman Schultz’s decision to abdicate her former District, 25, which was split into five, and run in the adjacent deep-blue district, angered Black Democrats and frustrated party leadership. — Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 19 Aug. 2026

The two women who won jury trials in their lawsuits against the county are angered that the county has opted to appeal. — Sean Emery, Oc Register, 12 Aug. 2026

Public backlash is prompting San Diego to reopen 13 restrooms in Mission Bay Park this Friday after a six-week closure during the heart of summer that angered city residents and tourists. — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Aug. 2026

The association naturally angered the intolerant left, including one X user whose response has since gone viral. — Bobby Burack Outkick, FOXNews.com, 12 Aug. 2026

In her new ruling obtained by Rolling Stone, the judge said Evans appeared to have been angered by Voletta’s decision, just weeks before her death, to amend her trust and remove CJ as a co-trustee. — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 11 Aug. 2026

The decision angered many engineers who felt Google was backtracking on its ethical assurances. — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2026