Angered

How to spell angered

7 letters · 2 syllables

How to pronounce angered

Say the part in capitals loudest.

What does angered mean?

1. verbPast tense of anger: to have made someone feel strong displeasure or rage.

Angered in a sentence

• The sudden price increase angered many loyal customers.

• His dismissive reply angered the whole committee.

Where does angered come from?

Language of origin: Old Norse

This is the past form of the verb 'anger', which traces back to the Old Norse word angr, meaning 'grief', 'sorrow', or 'trouble'. That noun came from a root suggesting tightness or constriction, the same idea that gives us 'anguish' and the Latin angere, meaning 'to choke' or 'to press tight'. Norse settlers brought the word into northern England, where its original sense of distress and affliction gradually narrowed and hardened into the modern meaning of fierce displeasure. By the 1300s 'anger' had developed both noun and verb uses in English, the verb meaning 'to provoke to wrath'. The spelling stays comfortably regular: you simply add '-ed' to 'anger', so the only thing to watch is keeping the 'er' before the 'd'.

How the word is built

• anger (from Old Norse angr: grief, distress)
• -ed (past tense/past participle suffix)