# angry

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈæŋ.ɡɹi/ · frequency rank #2,191

## Definitions
1. Displaying or feeling anger.
2. Inflamed and painful.
3. Dark and stormy, menacing.

## Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰ-
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *h₂énǵʰosder.
Proto-Germanic *angazaz
Old Norse angrbor.
Middle English anger
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Germanic *-gaz
Proto-West Germanic *-g
Old English -iġ
Middle English -y
Middle English angry
English angry
From Middle English angry; see anger.

## Easily confused with
- **any** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/angry-vs-any)
- **awry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/angry-vs-awry)
- **Angus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/angry-vs-angus)
- **Avery** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/angry-vs-avery)
- **annoy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/angry-vs-annoy)
- **angst** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/angry-vs-angst)
- **Ang** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ang-vs-angry)
- **Andy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/andy-vs-angry)
- **airy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/airy-vs-angry)
- **Ange** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ange-vs-angry)
- **agro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/agro-vs-angry)
- **agra** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/agra-vs-angry)
- **agri** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/agri-vs-angry)
- **angel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/angel-vs-angry)
- **anger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/anger-vs-angry)
- **angle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/angle-vs-angry)
- **anglo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/anglo-vs-angry)
- **Angie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/angie-vs-angry)
- **André** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/andre-vs-angry)
- **Angers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/angers-vs-angry)

## Common misspellings (8)
`agnry`, `anggry`, `angrry`, `angryy`, `angyr`, `anngry`, `anrgy`, `nagry`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/angry