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angries

angries noun: the act or state of being angry; anger, angriness. Also the plural of angry.

Noun (1)

the angries pl (plural only)

  1. (informal, plural, plural-only, rare) The act or state of being angry; anger, angriness.
    • i hear ya ,dear.... i was going thru the angries, also...my (new) dco^([sic]) has got me on ativan...has helped with the outbursts...2001 October 3, lightlady, “Sad to say ...but i am Back!”, in alt.med.fibromyalgia (Usenet), archived from the original on 12 Apr 2026
    • Question : Once the case of the angries is over, does Angry Recipient have to notify SpamCop to _unblock_ e-mail from Carl?2001 December 22, James C. Hrubik Sr., “From CoCo to CooCoo”, in bit.listserv.coco (Usenet), archived from the original on 12 Apr 2026

Noun (2) capitalized: Angries

Angries pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) The Angry Young Men.
    • The Angries are not in revolt against poverty or exploitation as such...1966, Stanley Kauffmann, A world on film: criticism and comment
    • The 'Angries' ridiculed this notion with cliched representations of effeminate artists and intellectuals...2007, Christine Berberich, The image of the English gentleman in twentieth-century literature

Also used as

angries is also the plural of angry.

angries is also the third-person singular simple present indicative of angry.

Examples of angries in a sentence

  • Then perhaps you might suggest a pillow fight, to get the angries out.2002 June 8, shinypenny, “Spouse's "honesty" with children”, in alt.support.divorce (Usenet), archived from the original on 12 Apr 2026:
  • Someone just got a nasty case of the angries and puked on Usenet.2002 September 11, Friar Donk, “Suppose you socialist condone this too...”, in hfx.general (Usenet), archived from the original on 12 Apr...
  • Even when they do know that they don't know as much as him, that doesn't mean he couldn't be having an attack of the angries.2004 June 22, Mick, “Re: (Revision) Don't Bother (815 words)”, in alt.fiction.original (Usenet), archived from the original on 12 Apr 2026:
  • But unless the other guy is baying for my blood, I just can't seem to "bring out the angries" at all.2004 September 6, <kirks...@yourclothesoperamail.com>, “BJJ in the long run!”, in rec.martial-arts (Usenet), archived from the original on...

Origin of angries

From angry (adjective) + -s (plural suffix).

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

From angry + -s.

Questions about angries

What does angries mean?
Angries means the act or state of being angry; anger, angriness.
How do you use angries in a sentence?
Then perhaps you might suggest a pillow fight, to get the angries out.
What part of speech is angries?
Angries is a noun.

Words near angries in the dictionary

  1. Angrezabad
  2. Angria
  3. Angrian
  4. angried
  5. angrier
  6. angries
  7. angriest
  8. angrified
  9. angrifies
  10. angrify
  11. angrifying

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