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(adj)
Deeply angered but not outwardly displaying it; full of ire; angry; wroth.
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Displaying or feeling anger.
Angered, made furious, made full of rage.
Enraged; infuriated; spitefully or furiously angry.
Possessed of great wrath; very angry.
Feeling great anger; raging; violent.
Very angry.
Filled with unexpressed anger; in a state of being livid.
(by extension) Of a person: having a tendency to become angry easily; bad-tempered, irritable; also, feeling or showing anger; angry, enraged.
(usually not comparable) Made warm or hot by some means.
Experiencing a feeling of irritation.
(informal) So angry that one turns pale; very angry; furious; liverish.
(of a person, predicative only) Angry, distressed, or unhappy
Annoyed, usually mildly and temporarily, especially by an offense to one's pride or honor.
Causing pain or discomfort; painfully sensitive.
(chiefly US; informal in UK and Ireland) Angry, annoyed.
(chiefly US, Canada, Australia, mildly vulgar, colloquial) Annoyed, angry.
(n)
The method of cooking by immersion in steam.
(informal, hyperbolic) Of a thing: extremely hot or active.
Cooked by steaming.
(computing) Affected by a bug (computer error).
angered at something unjust or wrong
(by extension) Furious; raging; extremely violent.
Extremely angry; furious.
full of rage, enraged
(of a person) In a state of rage; in a state of extreme, often uncontrollable, anger.
extremely angry
(informal) Full of rage; very angry; furious.
Alternative form of wrathful. [Possessed of great wrath; very angry.]
(rare) Full of rage; furious.
(chiefly US) Feeling wrath; very angry, furious.
Full of anger, expressing anger.
(now rare) Filled with, characterized by or expressing fury.
(figurative) Marked by extreme anger or fury.
(US, slang) Very angry; furious.
Alternative form of wrathy. [(chiefly US) Feeling wrath; very angry, furious.]
(chiefly dialectal, Scotland) Causing or arousing anger; vexatious; irritating
Untamed; not domesticated.
(formal, archaic) Full of anger; wrathful.
Easily provoked to outbursts of anger; irritable.
Excessively furious.
Of tremendous intensity, heat (thermal energy) or fervor; white-hot.
(rare) Angry; irritable
(obsolete) raging; furious; angry
In a rage; furious.
Becoming very vocal or even violent when angered or frustrated.
Showing anger or indignation, especially at something unjust or wrong.
Extremely angry.
Extremely annoying, frustrating or irritating
(formal, literary) Having a propensity to be furious; choleric, irate.
Full of rancor; bitter; unforgiving.
(obsolete) Furious; raging; tormenting.
(very rare) Tending to fury; capable of being infuriated.
Having or providing shade; shady.
Having one's patience greatly taxed; greatly annoyed; made furious.
Having been made angry.
With a red face; flushed, due to emotional or physical causes.
(figuratively) Angry; incensed; preparing for a fight.
Characterised or marked by fury; furious
(idiomatic, mildly vulgar, colloquial) Very annoyed, upset, angry.
Extreme or intense.
(informal) Emotionally charged, especially with anger or enthusiasm.
(medicine) Of a disease or disease-causing agent: malignant, able to cause damage to the host.
(idiomatic, informal) Very agitated or distressed; also, very angry; enraged, furious.
(idiomatic, informal) Excessively emotional, excited, aroused or angry.
raging; rabid
(archaic) Of an irritable temperament; irascible; easily angered.
(obsolete) Furious; enraged.
Extremely strong-willed.
(v)
(transitive) To tax the patience of; irk, frustrate, vex, provoke, annoy; to make angry.
Easily exasperated or excited.
(US, colloquial, simile) Very angry; furious.
(US, colloquial, simile) Synonym of mad as a wet hen (“very angry”).
Exceedingly violent, severe, ferocious, cruel or savage.
(simile, informal) Extremely angry
Showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense.
Terminating in a point or edge, especially one that can cut or pierce easily; not dull, obtuse, or rounded.
A loud, deep, prolonged sound, as of a large beast; a roar.
(idiomatic) Extremely angry; furious to the point of outburst.
(colloquial) Excited or full of energy, especially to excess.
(obsolete) Yonder.
(US, slang, idiomatic) Very angry or irritated.
Marked by harsh abuse; abusive, often with ranting or railing.
In flames, on fire, flaming, with flames coming from it.
(derogatory) Characterized by ruthless control.
Able to, or likely to, explode.
Characterized by, or proceeding from, a storm; subject to storms; agitated with strong winds and heavy rain.
Having been the subject of aggravation; frustrated and angry.
(Internet slang) Angered; agitated.
Continual or successive; unceasing.
Of a characteristic: extreme or very high or strong in degree; severe; also, excessive, towering.
(postpositive) Filled with or involving rioting or riotous behaviour.
Angry, annoyed, bothered or worked up.
(figurative) lively, spirited, or frenzied due to being ardent, passionate, and zealous.
Extremely irritable.
The act of one who bristles.
Very unpleasant; disagreeable.
(archaic) Excessively angry.