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Synonyms for angry

Most common

furious enraged indignant irate galled

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

1. Furious — displaying or feeling anger

furious, irate, mad informal US, enraged, indignant, infuriated, incensed, upset, wrathful, irritated, livid informal, annoyed, choleric, angered, resentful, exasperated, irascible, fuming, inflamed, miffed informal, sore, maddened

2. Raging

raging, stormy, wild, hot informal, tempestuous

Other

galled, glimflashy slang dated, angerful rare

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Displaying or feeling anger.

    An angry mob started looting the warehouse.

  2. adj. 2

    Inflamed and painful.

    The broken glass left two angry cuts across my arm.

Related words

Word family
angrily angriness anger
Phrases
angry white male angry white man
Is a kind of
passionate

From weakest to strongest

  1. serene
  2. calm
  3. angry
  4. furious
  5. enraged
  6. infuriated
  7. indignant
  8. irate
  9. incensed

From the opposite of angry, on the left, to its strongest synonyms, on the right.

Example sentences

  • furious Layla was furious that Sami conspired against her.
  • enraged Mary was enraged when she found out about the baby.
  • indignant She was indignant at the way she had been treated.
  • irate How would you deal with an angry or irate customer?
  • galled Their gibes galled him and explained his bitter attitude.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
angryrising
furiousrising
enragedrising
indignantsteady
iraterising
galledrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
hot1, mad1
4 letters
wild1, sore1
5 letters
upset2, livid2, irate2
6 letters
raging2, stormy2, fuming2, miffed1, galled
7 letters
furious3, annoyed2, enraged2, angered2
8 letters
inflamed2, incensed2, wrathful, maddened, choleric3, angerful
9 letters
irritated4, resentful3, indignant3, irascible4
10 letters
infuriated5, glimflashy
11 letters
exasperated5, tempestuous4

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (upset2 = 2 syllables).

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