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
The nagging wife, the angry daughter and the spineless detective.
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Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Simon is angry, regretful, and disappointed at his lack of control.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Jan. 2026
Springsteen has sounded bitter before, and mournful, but never this purely angry.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 29 Jan. 2026
Most of the messages were positive, but some were angry.
—Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 29 Jan. 2026
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Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Simon is angry, regretful, and disappointed at his lack of control.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Jan. 2026
Springsteen has sounded bitter before, and mournful, but never this purely angry.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 29 Jan. 2026
Most of the messages were positive, but some were angry.
—Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 29 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for angry
Adjective
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And why did that treatment — at least initially — leave Zverev so enraged?—
Eduardo Tansley,
New York Times,
30 Jan. 2026
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This doesn’t mean enraged outbursts or accusatory monologues.—
Molly Burrets,
CNBC,
29 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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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
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The jewelers victimized by the crime are indignant.—
Richard Winton,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Board members struggled to convince outraged parents and students that the Dillard, Pompano Beach and Blanche Ely gymnasiums were quality venues for graduation ceremonies.—
Amanda Rosa,
Miami Herald,
22 Jan. 2026
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Whether that’s a reference to assimilation or invasion isn’t clear, but Canadians were outraged over the comments all the same.—
Joe Wilkins Published Jan 21,
Futurism,
21 Jan. 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 far right just became very mad at me.—
Stephania Taladrid,
New Yorker,
1 Feb. 2026
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But people are mad, and resolute.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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But the Hornets held off a furious San Antonio comeback at the end.—
Scott Fowler The Charlotte Observer,
Arkansas Online,
2 Feb. 2026
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But the Hornets held off a furious San Antonio comeback at the end.—
Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
1 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Detectives connected Roath to the shooting through the use of city cameras, license plate readers, phone records, and ballistic evidence — including a 9mm shell casing found outside Kourtney’s home that traced back to a gun found under Roath’s mattress in his bedroom, according to court documents.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
27 Jan. 2026
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The Golden Dome is a long-term missile defense concept aimed at protecting North America from ballistic, cruise and hypersonic missile threats.—
Emma Bussey,
FOXNews.com,
26 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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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 3 Feb. 2026.
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