angry: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 9 letter points · starts with A · ends with Y
Meaning of angry
adj
Displaying or feeling anger.
Example: His face became angry.
Inflamed and painful.
Example: The broken glass left two angry cuts across my arm.
- figuratively
Dark and stormy, menacing.
Example: Angry clouds raced across the sky.
Listed forms: angrier, angriest.
Source: Wiktionary — angry.
noun
- informal, rare
An angry person.
Listed forms: angries.
Source: Wiktionary — angry.
verb
- obsolete, transitive
To anger.
Listed forms: angries, angrying, angried.
Source: Wiktionary — angry.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for angry.
adjective
(of the elements) as if showing violent anger
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is angry in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of angry
A(1) + N(1) + G(2) + R(1) + Y(4) = 9 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of angry
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from angry
22 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in angry. Showing up to 24, longest first.