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Definition of angery

"ANGERY" is probably misspelled. Trying anger instead Definition of anger

1. anger [ n ] a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance

Used in print:

(Robert E. Lane, The Liberties of Wit: Humanism, Critici...)

William_Wimsatt and Cleanth_Brooks , it seems to me , have a penetrating insight into the way in_which this control is effected : `` For if we say poetry is to talk of beauty and love ( and yet not aim at exciting erotic emotion or even an emotion of Platonic esteem ) and if it is to talk of anger and murder ( and yet not aim at arousing anger and indignation ) - then it may be that the poetic way of dealing with these emotions will not be any kind of intensification , compounding , or magnification , or any direct assault upon the affections at_all .

William_Wimsatt and Cleanth_Brooks , it seems to me , have a penetrating insight into the way in_which this control is effected : `` For if we say poetry is to talk of beauty and love ( and yet not aim at exciting erotic emotion or even an emotion of Platonic esteem ) and if it is to talk of anger and murder ( and yet not aim at arousing anger and indignation ) - then it may be that the poetic way of dealing with these emotions will not be any kind of intensification , compounding , or magnification , or any direct assault upon the affections at_all .

Something indirect , mixed , reconciling , tensional might well be the stratagem , the devious technique by which a poet indulged in all kinds of talk about love and anger and even in something like '' expressions `` of these emotions , without aiming at their incitement or even uttering anything that essentially involves their incitement '' .

(Harry Olesker, Impact....)

He felt no anger towards Kitti , no sense that she had betrayed him .

(Joseph Chadwick, No Land Is Free....)

He 'd been in an angry mood : Conchita had thought his face almost ugly with the anger in him .

Synonyms anger ire choler Related Terms emotion fury indignation umbrage annoyance bad_temper dander huffiness infuriation

2. anger [ v ] make angry
Examples: "The news angered him"

Used in print:

(James Boylan, "Mutinity"...)

The men were at_first puzzled , then angered by the aimless tacking .

Synonyms anger Related Terms arouse outrage exacerbate pique enrage miff madden combust gall wrath

3. anger [ n ] the state of being angry

Used in print:

(Clayton C. Barbeau, The Ikon....)

Clumps of brush that they passed were so many enchained demons straining in anger to tear and gnaw on his bones .

Synonyms anger angriness Related Terms emotional_arousal rage

4. anger [ v ] become angry
Examples: "He angers easily"

Synonyms see_red anger Related Terms feel raise_the_roof steam

5. Anger [ n ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 23254

Synonyms Anger

6. anger [ n ] belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins)

Synonyms anger ire ira wrath Related Terms mortal_sin

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