angry
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5.3
- adjective
- /ˈæŋɡri/
:
tempestuoso
- The waters of the Missouri boiled with angry gray and black water.
For all those born beneath an angry star.
- For all those born beneath an angry star.
- As by so many forcing pumps, it leaps forth and all over discharges itself in blasts of angry fire.
- Because Mars is has all these like really rough and angry qualities or whatever.
Examples
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The door slammed against the wall, as if an angry ghost had stormed in.
Fiction book (1990) -
Jason stops, staring at her, a frustrated, angry cast to his features.
Fiction book (1994) -
The strength of the storm made me realize how angry the Lord was.
Fiction book (1994) -
The water was high, churning an angry brown in the fast current.
Fiction book (1991) -
But I'd probably wet my trousers if I saw a flight of angry dragons coming at me.
Fiction book (1992) -
Above these mountains an angry sky overcast the dark clouds, lightning streets.
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Needles of spray lashed skin and stung eyes, while the roaring of angry water rose to a thunderous crescendo.
Fiction book (1992) -
The sky turned ominously dark, filled with angry clouds ready to unleash a storm.
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As the storm approached, the angry winds howled through the trees, warning everyone to take cover.
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We watched as the angry waves crashed against the cliffs, a powerful display of nature's fury.
Synonyms
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2.5
Using strong force that causes harm
195
2.6
Very strong in color, sound, movement, or feeling
22
5.1
Very violent and dangerous, like a storm or strong wind
16
3.1
Strong angry feelings and conflict between people
7
8.4
Full of strong, stormy feelings, often with loud arguments
3
3.7
Dark clouds in the sky that make rain or a storm seem likely
1
3.9
Very strong and intense, often violent and out of control
1
6.4
Very rough and stormy, with strong wind and big waves
Angry and upset because something caused trouble
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Slur
1
8.1
A white man, often middle-aged or older, who feels very upset and bitter about social change
How Stormy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Angry used for weather borrows the same idea as the feeling: we call winds or clouds 'angry' when they look fierce or threatening. This comes from the same root as anger, so an 'angry' storm is a storm that seems to show strong feeling.