angry

Middle English

/ˈanɡriː/

adj
Definitions
  • angry; displaying angriness usually of actions
  • Easily annoyed or angered; irous or spiteful.
  • Severe, vexatious, ferocious, painful.

Etymology

Affix from Middle English anger (anger, sorrow, wrath, pain, grief, annoyance, affliction, trouble, distress, vexation) derived from Old Norse angr (sorrow, tedium, firth, affliction, depression).

Origin

Old Norse

angr

Gloss

sorrow, tedium, firth, affliction, depression

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