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Violent anger; a growing angry. [Obs.] Blount.

for emotion; any mental state whatever; as, a right or a wrong feeling in the heart; our angry or kindly feelings; a feeling of pride or of humility. A fellow feeling makes one wondrous kind. Garrick. Tenderness for the feelings of others. Macaulay.

harge artillery or firearms; as, they fired on the town. To fire up, to grow irritated or angry. "He . . . fired up, and stood vigorously on his defense." Macaulay.

A sudden burst of anger or passion; an angry dispute. [Colloq.]

To be vexed; to be chafed or irritated; to be angry; to utter peevish expressions. He frets, he fumes, he stares, he stamps the ground. Dryden.

Disposed to fret; ill-humored; peevish; angry; in a state of vexation; as, a fretful temper. -- Fret"ful-ly, adv. -- Fret"ful-ness, n.

Angry; malignant. [Obs.] Bp. Morton.

A sullen, angry look; a look of disdain or dislike. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

Angry. [Obs.] Havelok, the Dane.

experience; young; raw; not trained; awkward; as, green in years or judgment. I might be angry with the officious zeal which supposes that its green conceptions can instruct my gray hairs. Sir W. Scott.

To utter a deep guttural sound, sa an angry dog; to give forth an angry, grumbling sound. Gay.

; to cause mental pain to; to offend in honor or self-respect; to annoy; to grieve. "I am angry and hurt." Thackeray.

To grow morbidly hot, congested, or painful; to become angry or incensed. Wiseman.

Enraged; rading; furiously angry; infuriated. Milton. Inflamed beyond the most infuriate wrath. Thomson.

Angry; incensed; enraged. [Recent] The irate colonel . . . stood speechless. Thackeray. Mr. Jaggers suddenly became most irate. Dickens.

Full of ire; angry; wroth. "The ireful bastard Orleans." Shak. -- Ire"ful*ly, adv.

To spout; to emit in a stream or jet. A dozen angry models jetted steam. Tennyson.

To draw together; to contract into wrinkles. knits his brow and shows an angry eye. Shak.

lt; as, a man leaps over a fence, or leaps upon a horse. Bacon. Leap in with me into this angry flood. Shak.

Angry; out of patience; vexed; as, to get mad at a person. [Colloq.]