angers

nounstate of being mad, annoyed
verbmake someone mad; become mad

Synonyms for angers

noun state of being mad, annoyed

Antonyms for angers

Word Origin & History

c.1200, "to irritate, annoy, provoke," from Old Norse angra "to grieve, vex, distress; to be vexed at, take offense with," from Proto-Germanic *angus (cf. Old English enge "narrow, painful," Middle Dutch enghe, Gothic aggwus "narrow"), from PIE root *angh- "tight, painfully constricted, painful" (cf. Sanskrit amhu- "narrow," amhah "anguish;" Armenian anjuk "narrow;" Lithuanian ankstas "narrow;" Greek ankhein "to squeeze," ankhone "a strangling;" Latin angere "to throttle, torment;" Old Irish cum-ang "straitness, want"). In Middle English, also of physical pain. Meaning "excite to wrath, make angry" is from late 14c. Related: Angered; angering.

Example Sentences for angers

Angers has fallen, and now the brigands are threatening Nantes itself.

With all this, Angers has perhaps a supreme claim for English consideration.

There is an air of settled hostility about him that angers her beyond all words.

It angers me to see a man degrade himself by such uncouth apparel.

The carriage rolled through Nantes, and took the route to Angers.

I have no doubt but that any one might live at Angers on 250 Louis per annum, as well as in England for four times the amount.

There are similar institutions also at Angers and at Toulouse.

Your cynical man of the world has his feelings and his angers.

I'm not going to say another word about—about Miss Milk-and-Water, if that's what angers you.

In order to help he was willing to break all rules and dare all angers.