ANGERED Synonyms: 206 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in angry

feeling or showing anger angered residents demanded to know why their street hadn't been plowed three days after the snowstorm

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verb

past tense of anger

as in infuriated

to make angry it's virtually impossible to anger Mrs. Peterson—she's the most easygoing person I've ever known

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Recent Examples of angered

Adjective

Police said the two male juveniles became angered when the other three would not take them to buy marijuana. — Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 20 Jan. 2026 Soon, the faces of the angered New York City citizens around her soften. — Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2025

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That will make affordable tickets more difficult to find, especially as the tournament reports registering record-breaking visits, and already has angered fans and some players. — Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2026 That angered Michigan Democrats who were frustrated with El-Sayed, and brought Jeffries and other Democrats into the fray, putting the candidate El-Sayed had invested the most in on the defensive. — David Weigel, semafor.com, 28 Aug. 2026 The president is defending the data center boom as GOP officials across the country turn against projects that have angered voters. — Cat Zakrzewski, Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2026 But the auction process has angered the union representing Spirit’s former flight attendants. — Miami Herald, 25 Aug. 2026 Videos showing contractors using bulldozers angered local residents, Democrats, and a few Republicans. — Jack Fink, CBS News, 23 Aug. 2026 During a joint practice last summer in Houston, Moehrig decked Texans wide receiver Xavier Hutchinson on a hard but clean hit that angered a few of Hutchinson’s teammates. — Joseph Person, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026 Public backlash is prompting San Diego to reopen 13 restrooms in Mission Bay Park this Friday after a six-week closure during the heart of summer that angered city residents and tourists. — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Aug. 2026 The association naturally angered the intolerant left, including one X user whose response has since gone viral. — Bobby Burack Outkick, FOXNews.com, 12 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for angered

Adjective

But some of it is about the cultural change that people argue about, on their phones, with the other angry people that their algorithm has found for them.

— David Weigel, semafor.com, 26 Aug. 2026
Pretendian hunters tend to be painted as aggressive or angry, which ultimately serves to undermine their claims.

— Tommy Orange, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of angry

Verb

But for the medieval and classics scholar in Kratz, the film invited questions and infuriated him at times.

— Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 18 Aug. 2026
Under its previous operator, Mountain View had been plagued by riots that drew negative press and infuriated locals.

— Paige Pfleger, ProPublica, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of infuriated

Adjective

Imagine the ripe smell of swamp-wet dogs, the acrid stench of overheated, enraged bear, the slippery warm blood of pack members already lost; the simply insufferable noise and confusion in that dank little hole.

— Paul Schullery, Outdoor Life, 13 Aug. 2026
As a consequence, Nadia’s enraged sponsors send her packing back to Europe.

— Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of enraged

Verb

When police officers in Oklahoma admitted to using electro-shock gloves to subdue two students over the 2025-2026 school year, the community was rightfully outraged.

— Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 27 Aug. 2026
The victim's wife, who asked to be identified only by her first name, Marlene, and did not want her face shown, said she was outraged by what happened.

— Peter D'Oench, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of outraged

Adjective

But the Tampa-area English teacher said what qualifies as controversial is constantly evolving, sometimes because of just one indignant parent.

— Jessica Meszaros, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026
But if state Democratic leaders simply chose a new nominee on their own, voters might be indignant.

— Elaine Godfrey, The Atlantic, 22 July 2026

Definition of indignant

Verb

That was Gardner’s first game with the Colts after being acquired from the New York Jets, and while Indy pulled out the OT victory, Gardner was still annoyed by some of the social media chatter afterward.

— James Boyd, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
Millard was either won over by Makowsky’s passion or annoyed into agreement by his persistence.

— Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of annoyed

Adjective

Kavanagh was furious and repeatedly made her concerns clear to her superiors at Sky.

— Jake Kanter, Deadline, 29 Aug. 2026
Mother Love Bone had experienced the kind of instant success that made other local bands furious, signing a record deal after playing fewer than 10 shows.

— Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of furious

Adjective

But throughout that, and much more important than the rivalry and being mad at each other or whatever, is just this absolute unending love.

— Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026
What mad honey does to the human body When a human eats more than about a teaspoon of this honey, the toxin interferes with how the heart muscle generates its electrical signals.

— Prayan Pokharel, The Conversation, 27 Aug. 2026

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