Word.ws English Dictionary

used in anger

used in anger is the simple past and past participle of use in anger.

Meaning of use in anger

Verb

use in anger (third-person singular simple present uses in anger, present participle using in anger, simple past and past participle used in anger)

  1. (idiomatic) Used for its intended purpose, as opposed to e.g. practice or testing
    • The key element that has yet to be used in anger is the payment calculation function of the operating system.2007 March 29, The Rural Payments Agency and the implementation of the Single Payment Scheme: third report of session 2006-07, Vol. 2: Oral and written evidence, Volume 2, Environment, Food and Rural...

Questions about used in anger

What is used in anger the simple past and past participle of?
Used in anger is the simple past and past participle of use in anger.

Words near used in anger in the dictionary

  1. used a sledgehammer to crack a nut
  2. used book store
  3. used book stores
  4. used bookstore
  5. used bookstores
  6. used in anger
  7. used it
  8. used one's head
  9. used one's noggin
  10. used the bathroom
  11. used the master's tools to dismantle the master's house

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: used in anger (page history and authors); use in anger (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “used in anger.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/used_in_anger. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.