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angryish

angryish adjective: somewhat angry.

Adjective

angryish (comparative more angryish, superlative most angryish)

  1. (informal) Somewhat angry.
    • His mouth was set and his eyebrows were drawn together in a scowl. “He’s terribly sensitive, really,” Camilla told herself. “He’s hating this business as much in his way as I am in mine. And,” she thought, “I daresay he’s angryish because I got such an awful shock when whoever it is came in like...1956, Ngaio Marsh, “The Swords Again”, in Death of a Fool, Boston, Mass.; Toronto, Ont.: Little, Brown and Company, →OCLC, section IV, page 209
    • If the Universities and Left Review is one symptom of the distaste for conventional politics, the success of the United Nations Student Association is another. Where ULR is angryish, Oxford, and Left, UNSA is placid, Cambridge, and probably just right of centre.1959 January–March, W. T. Rodgers, “Politics in the Universities”, in William A[lexander] Robson, T[homas] E[dward] M[aurice] McKitterick, editors, The Political Quarterly, volume 30, number 1...

Examples of angryish in a sentence

  • And,” she thought, “I daresay he’s angryish because I got such an awful shock when whoever it is came in like the Guiser and I daresay he’s even angrier because Simon Begg chased me again.”1956, Ngaio Marsh, “The Swords Again”, in Death of a Fool, Boston, Mass.; Toronto, Ont.: Little, Brown and Company, →OCLC, section IV, page...
  • He’s bald on top, with a round head, stubby nose, and tiny, angryish eyes.2011 July 5, Charles Stross, “Liz: It’s Complicated”, in Rule 34, New York, N.Y.: Ace Books, →ISBN, page 282:

Forms of angryish

comparativemore angryish
superlativemost angryish

Origin of angryish

From angry + -ish.

Questions about angryish

What does angryish mean?
Angryish means somewhat angry.
How do you use angryish in a sentence?
And,” she thought, “I daresay he’s angryish because I got such an awful shock when whoever it is came in like the Guiser and I daresay he’s even angrier because Simon Begg chased me again.”
What part of speech is angryish?
Angryish is an adjective.

Words near angryish in the dictionary

  1. Angry Young Man
  2. Angry Young Men
  3. angry-like
  4. angryable
  5. angrying
  6. angryish
  7. angryness
  8. angryphone
  9. angryphones
  10. ANGs
  11. angsana

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