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Past tense of anger

regular verb

The past tense of anger is angered. The past participle is also angered.

Forms of anger

Base form (V1)anger /ˈæŋɡə/
Past tense (V2)angered
Past participle (V3)angered
Present participleangering
Third person singularangers /ˈɒnʒeɪ/

Angered in a sentence

  • My editorial angered both the jingoistic war hawks and the anti-war protesters.From the entry jingoistic
  • The decision angered protesters and opposition parliamentarians, who accused parliament of trying to buy time.2020 September 25, Reuters Staff, “Thai republican hashtag trends after constitution change delayed”, in Reuters, Reuters, retrieved 25…. From the entry buy time
  • He said that just angered the yellow jackets, the highly aggressive wasps that live in such colonies.2019 June 30, Mariel Padilla, “Officials Warn of Wasp ‘Super Nests’ in Alabama”, in The New York Times. From the entry yellow jacket
  • Diggers were angered by frequent licence inspections and harassment by 'the traps' (the goldfield police).2006, Helen Calvert, Jenny Herbst, Ross Smith, Australia and the World: Thinking Historically, page 55. From the entry trap
  • I wonder whether this could be a fact; hairy oobits do sting, rather like nettles, if angered.1966, Otta F. Swire, The Outer Hebrides and Their Legends, page 100. From the entry oobit

Meaning of anger

  1. noun A strong and unpleasant feeling of displeasure, hostility, or antagonism, usually combined with an urge to yell, curse, damage or destroy things, or harm living beings, often stemming from perceived provocation, hurt, threat, insults, unfair or unjust treatment, or an undesired situation.
  2. noun Pain or stinging.
  3. verb To cause such a feeling of antagonism in.

Full definition of anger

Questions about the past tense of anger

What is the past tense of anger?
The past tense of anger is angered.
What is the past participle of anger?
The past participle of anger is angered.
Is anger a regular or irregular verb?
Anger is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: anger (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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