"angry" meaning in Middle English

See angry in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈanɡriː/ Forms: angriest [superlative], angri [alternative], angrye [alternative]
Etymology: From anger + -y, from Old Norse angr (“affliction, sorrow”). Etymology templates: {{af|enm|anger|-y}} anger + -y, {{der|enm|non|angr||affliction, sorrow}} Old Norse angr (“affliction, sorrow”) Head templates: {{head|enm|adjective|||||superlative|angriest|head=}} angry (superlative angriest), {{enm-adj|||angriest}} angry (superlative angriest)
  1. Angry; displaying angriness (usually of actions)
    Sense id: en-angry-enm-adj-bIqImntK Categories (other): Anger Disambiguation of Anger: 38 34 27
  2. Easily annoyed or angered; irous or spiteful.
    Sense id: en-angry-enm-adj-n1FwQyKZ Categories (other): Anger Disambiguation of Anger: 38 34 27
  3. Severe, vexatious, ferocious, painful.
    Sense id: en-angry-enm-adj-~D~12FWd Categories (other): Anger, Pain Disambiguation of Anger: 38 34 27 Disambiguation of Pain: 31 27 42
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: angrily, angrynes

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "angrily"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "angrynes"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "angry"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Scots",
      "lang_code": "sco",
      "word": "angry"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "anger",
        "3": "-y"
      },
      "expansion": "anger + -y",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "angr",
        "4": "",
        "5": "affliction, sorrow"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse angr (“affliction, sorrow”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From anger + -y, from Old Norse angr (“affliction, sorrow”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "angriest",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "angri",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "angrye",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "adjective",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "superlative",
        "8": "angriest",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "angry (superlative angriest)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "",
        "2": "",
        "3": "angriest"
      },
      "expansion": "angry (superlative angriest)",
      "name": "enm-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "38 34 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Anger",
          "orig": "enm:Anger",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Angry; displaying angriness (usually of actions)"
      ],
      "id": "en-angry-enm-adj-bIqImntK",
      "links": [
        [
          "Angry",
          "angry#English"
        ],
        [
          "angriness",
          "angriness"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "38 34 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Anger",
          "orig": "enm:Anger",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Easily annoyed or angered; irous or spiteful."
      ],
      "id": "en-angry-enm-adj-n1FwQyKZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "annoyed",
          "annoyed"
        ],
        [
          "irous",
          "irous"
        ],
        [
          "spiteful",
          "spiteful"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "38 34 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Anger",
          "orig": "enm:Anger",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "31 27 42",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Pain",
          "orig": "enm:Pain",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Severe, vexatious, ferocious, painful."
      ],
      "id": "en-angry-enm-adj-~D~12FWd",
      "links": [
        [
          "Severe",
          "severe"
        ],
        [
          "vexatious",
          "vexatious"
        ],
        [
          "ferocious",
          "ferocious"
        ],
        [
          "painful",
          "painful"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈanɡriː/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "angry"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Middle English adjectives",
    "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Middle English lemmas",
    "Middle English terms derived from Old Norse",
    "Middle English terms suffixed with -y",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "enm:Anger",
    "enm:Pain"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "angrily"
    },
    {
      "word": "angrynes"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "angry"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Scots",
      "lang_code": "sco",
      "word": "angry"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "anger",
        "3": "-y"
      },
      "expansion": "anger + -y",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "angr",
        "4": "",
        "5": "affliction, sorrow"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse angr (“affliction, sorrow”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From anger + -y, from Old Norse angr (“affliction, sorrow”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "angriest",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "angri",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "angrye",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "adjective",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "superlative",
        "8": "angriest",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "angry (superlative angriest)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "",
        "2": "",
        "3": "angriest"
      },
      "expansion": "angry (superlative angriest)",
      "name": "enm-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Angry; displaying angriness (usually of actions)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Angry",
          "angry#English"
        ],
        [
          "angriness",
          "angriness"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Easily annoyed or angered; irous or spiteful."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "annoyed",
          "annoyed"
        ],
        [
          "irous",
          "irous"
        ],
        [
          "spiteful",
          "spiteful"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Severe, vexatious, ferocious, painful."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Severe",
          "severe"
        ],
        [
          "vexatious",
          "vexatious"
        ],
        [
          "ferocious",
          "ferocious"
        ],
        [
          "painful",
          "painful"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈanɡriː/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "angry"
}

Download raw JSONL data for angry meaning in Middle English (1.8kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Middle English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-01-13 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-01-01 using wiktextract (96027d6 and 9905b1f). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.