Angry
/ˈæŋ.ɡri/noun
Feeling or showing strong displeasure, hostility, or irritation.
Did you know?The word comes through Old Norse and Old English from a Proto-Germanic root meaning “narrow” or “constricted,” so anger was once imagined as a tightening, squeezing force.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*angʰ-
“To compress, squeeze, or narrow”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*angraz
“Narrow, tight”
Old Norse
ON
angr
“Grief, sorrow, trouble”
Old English
OE
angrig
“Troublesome, vexing; angry”
Middle English
ME
angry
“Troublesome, painful, resentful”
Modern English
English
angry
“Feeling or showing strong displeasure or hostility”