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angersome en · ADJ

Etymology

From anger + -some.

Meanings

  1. Marked by, or showing anger; angry; wrathful
    • "[...] — there's been summut done to make God Almighty angersome, — mark my words on it." 1840, Thomas Hood, Tylney Hall:
    • Unused to commotion and as also being surprised over that day's angersome attitude of her ever good-natured son, the Doctor's mother came and saw things to herself. 2013, Krishnanand, Sermons in the Storms:
  2. (Scotland, dialectal) Causing or arousing anger; vexatious; irritating
    • As a sentiment, then, agential anger evaluates its object as “angersome,” as meriting anger. 2015, David Shoemaker, Responsibility from the Margins:

Forms

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most angersome Degree=Sup lexicographic
more angersome Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Synonyms

wrathsome (marked by anger)