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angry

angry

12 8.1
Red, painful, and swollen
  • adjective
  • /ˈæŋɡri/
translation icon : inflamado
  • A splash, and Glim surfaces in front of me, his forehead marred by an angry reddening bruise.
  • angry red
  • angry welts
  • angry red scar

Like obviously the bump is still there, but usually this is like raw and looks super angry.

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Examples

  • The wound looks angry.

  • Otherwise it just gets angry and red and it's awful.

  • Note the tear on my cheek; observe my red and angry eyes.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • By the time he was finished, Joseph's complexion had darkened to an angry red.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • The wound looks angry and inflamed, needing immediate attention.

  • After the accident, her arm had an angry red bruise that throbbed painfully.

  • His leg was covered with an angry rash that made him very uncomfortable.

Synonyms

inflamed
vsangry
6 4.3

Hot, swollen, red, and often painful because of injury or infection

is much more severe and intensely painful for wounds and sores

Antonyms

1.0

Not sick or hurt anymore and back to normal

Idioms

Feeling very angry and upset

Compounds

1 8.1

A white man, often middle-aged or older, who feels very upset and bitter about social change

How Inflamed

angry
12 8.1
inflamed
6 4.3

Surface Forms

angry positive

Morphology

angry = anger (semi-transparent) = anger + y

Formed from 'anger' + '-y' but applied to inflamed or red wounds; the emotional sense is metaphorically extended to physical inflammation.

Etymology

Angry for a wound uses the image of a strong reaction and comes from the same root as English anger and old Norse angr meaning 'grief' or 'sorrow'. So an 'angry' sore is red, swollen, and painful as if the body is showing anger at the injury.