Synonyms of angry

angry

adjective

ˈaŋ-grē 

as in enraged

feeling or showing anger

my sister gets really angry and practically throws a tantrum if her soccer team loses

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of angry

No, the party insists that Republicans are in charge, making voters angry with their handling of the economy and the Middle East, so the culture-war politicking that worked for a decade won’t be as potent in November. — David Weigel, semafor.com, 14 Oct. 2026

Loos, who was thirty-one, was known to express displeasure in hot and angry bursts and could be unpredictable. — Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2026

Earlier this year, Gamage said a critic created a website that included photos of the academics as well as their contact information and social media accounts, resulting in a deluge of angry messages. — Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 12 Oct. 2026

The cause of their displeasure has to do with scenes woven throughout that illustrate how Baldwin got his reputation for angry outbursts – confrontations with paparazzi through the years, for instance. — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 12 Oct. 2026