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Grammar : Adj |
Spell : ang-ger |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈæŋ gər |
Definition of angered
Origin :- c.1200, "to irritate, annoy, provoke," from Old Norse angra "to grieve, vex, distress; to be vexed at, take offense with," from Proto-Germanic *angus (cf. Old English enge "narrow, painful," Middle Dutch enghe, Gothic aggwus "narrow"), from PIE root *angh- "tight, painfully constricted, painful" (cf. Sanskrit amhu- "narrow," amhah "anguish;" Armenian anjuk "narrow;" Lithuanian ankstas "narrow;" Greek ankhein "to squeeze," ankhone "a strangling;" Latin angere "to throttle, torment;" Old Irish cum-ang "straitness, want"). In Middle English, also of physical pain. Meaning "excite to wrath, make angry" is from late 14c. Related: Angered; angering.
- adj maddened
- Allis's quick eye caught his expression of amused discontent; it angered her.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- This angered Venus, and she resolved to cast down her earthly rival.
- Extract from : « Old Greek Folk Stories Told Anew » by Josephine Preston Peabody
- Angered at the situation and humiliated by what I had said, I was on the point of leaving at once.
- Extract from : « City of Endless Night » by Milo Hastings
- He is a gracious nobleman, and kind of heart, save when he is thwarted or angered.
- Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- It may not be against you, but I know not what else can have angered him.'
- Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- Liu I was angered by the careless way in which Tsian Tang spoke to him.
- Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
- The latter was angered, and he swallowed her, tooth and nail.
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- This angered the scholar, and he took his book and struck at them.
- Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
- The face of Denas angered him, it was so indifferent and so wretched.
- Extract from : « A Singer from the Sea » by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
- She was angered to think that her husband might spoil Otto, by too much coddling.
- Extract from : « Blood and Iron » by John Hubert Greusel
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