angerful en · ADJ
Etymology
From Middle English angerful, angirfull, equivalent to anger + -ful.
Meanings
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Full of anger, expressing anger.
Captain Johnson called Lieutenant Reynolds to the quarterdeck and said, with tears running down his angerful face, "I don't know whether to surrender or not...
1986, Frank X Tolbert, Evelyn Oppenheimer, Tolbert of Texas: the man and his work:"There, Bootle, that will do; we appreciate your sentiments to the very core of our hearts," said my kinswoman, frowning upon her from those angerful eyes of hers.
1860, Holme Lee, Kathie Brande, page 37:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most angerful | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more angerful | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |