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angry
1 angry 2 what people do when they are angry 3 not angry see also EMOTION
1 angry - very unhappy because of sth that has happened which you do not like: angry (with sb) (at/about sth), angry that ※¦ (adverb angrily); noun (U): anger I get so angry when I hear what is happening to the world's forests. ◎ Why are you angry with me? ◎ I could hear her speaking angrily on the phone. ◎ a terrible feeling of anger and disappointment ◎ to show your anger - to make sb angry: anger sb What angered me more than anything else was his dishonesty. ※ rather angry - rather angry: annoyed, irritated; nouns (U): annoyance, irritation His endless complaints were beginning to make me rather irritated. ◎ I could easily understand her irritation. - to make sb rather angry: annoy sb, irritate sb; something that annoys you is annoying, irritating, an annoyance, an irritation Recent events have clearly annoyed the Prime Minister. ◎ an annoying habit ◎ a lot of minor irritations - if sth makes you very irritated, it (informal) gets* on your nerves Note: to say that sb or sth makes sb angry, annoyed, etc, you can either use the verbs anger sb, annoy sb, etc or use make* followed by the adjectives angry, annoyed, etc; using make is more informal and more common: Why let him make you angry? Just ignore him! ◎ It makes me so angry when I see all that food being wasted. - to repeatedly annoy sb, for example by asking them a lot of questions: pester sb; a person, especially a child, that does this is (informal) a pest Go away. Don't be such a pest! - to intentionally annoy sb in order to make them react: provoke sb; doing this is provocation (noun U); something that does this is a provocation; adjective: provocative (adverb provocatively) an act of provocation ◎ a provocative remark ※ unhappy, worried, etc - if sb has made you sad and angry, you are upset, offended, you take* offence (AmE offense) (at sth) I got very upset about what she said about my father. - to hurt sb's feelings and make them feel annoyed: upset* sb, offend sb, cause offence (AmE offense) (to sb); a thing or person that does this is offensive (adverb offensively) The argument upset her terribly. ◎ I'm sorry. I didn't mean to cause offence. ◎ an offensive remark - if sb or sth makes you feel angry and unhappy because you think you are being treated unfairly, you resent them/it, you feel resentment (noun U); adjective: resentful He deeply resented the criticism. ◎ She resented not winning the first prize again. ◎ full of resentment ◎ She wrote me a resentful letter. - angry and unhappy because of the way sb has treated you: bitter (adverb bitterly); noun (U): bitterness a deep feeling of bitterness towards her employer - unhappy and dissatisfied, because you cannot have or do what you want: frustrated; this feeling: frustration (noun U); something that causes this feeling: frustration ※ very angry - very angry: mad, furious (adverb furiously) That sort of talk just makes me mad. ◎ She was absolutely furious that she had to wait so long to see the doctor. ◎ George furiously denied the accusation. - to make sb very angry: infuriate sb, (informal) drive* sb mad; something that makes you very angry is maddening, infuriating a maddening noise ◎ Could you please switch off that infuriating radio! - if you are angry and unable to remain calm, you are in a (bad/furious) temper I wouldn't talk to him just now if I were you. He's in a furious temper. - to suddenly get angry: lose* your temper (with sb) I'm sorry I lost my temper with you last night. - to become angry, worried, etc: get* worked up Calm down - there's no need to get so worked up! ※ people who get angry easily - if you are easily made angry, you are irritable; noun (U): irritability - if you easily become annoyed by people or things that seem slow, you are impatient; noun (U): impatience - if you easily become angry and impatient, you have a bad/short/quick temper, you are bad-tempered, short-tempered, quick-tempered a bad-tempered old man
2 what people do when they are angry - to speak angrily to a person because they have done sth bad or wrong: tell* sb off (for doing sth); noun: telling-off The teacher told us off for talking. ◎ I got a telling-off for arriving late. - to behave angrily towards a person because you are angry or upset about sth: take* it out on sb Don't take it out on me - it's not my fault that you didn't win. - to argue with a person angrily: quarrel (with sb) (about/over sth); noun: quarrel; to start a quarrel with a person deliberately: pick a quarrel (with sb) The children never stop quarrelling. - an angry quarrel: row He's had a row with his girlfriend. ※ arguing with sb DISCUSS/ARGUE - to make your eyebrows come together so that your face seems angry: frown, scowl; this kind of look: frown, scowl The frown on his face changed to a smile as soon as she apologized. - to stare at a person angrily: glare (at sb); this kind of look: glare They glared at each other for a few moments before he left. - to be quiet and unhelpful because you are angry with sb about sth: sulk What's he sulking about? ※ things that people say when they are angry - to use rude or bad language: swear* (at sb/sth), curse He was furiously angry, cursing and swearing and shaking his fist at the driver of the other car. - a word which is used in order to swear: swear word - some words which show anger and impatience (but many people find these words offensive): damn, blast, hell, shit Damn it! I've broken the screw! ◎ Oh hell! I've forgotten my keys.
3 not angry - to stay calm in an annoying situation: keep* your temper - to try to relax and not get worried or upset: take* it easy Take it easy - there's no point in getting so worked up. - to become quiet and calm: calm down ※ being calm CALM
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