angering
present participle ofanger
anger
verb[T]
uk/ˈæŋ.ɡər/us/ˈæŋ.ɡɚ/to make someoneangry:
Theremarkangered him.
It always angers me toseeso muchwaste.
to make someone angry
- angerIt angers me that governments never do anything to eradicate the problem.
- infuriateIt infuriates me to hear of drug use in any sport.
- make your blood boilIt still makes my blood boil to think of all the time we wasted on this
- annoyHe asked her to move more quickly, which annoyed her.
- irritateI'm the only one who talks to him, and that irritates me.
- frustrateIt really frustrates me that I can't do things for myself.
Causing feelings of anger and displeasure
- aggravate
- aggrieve
- alienate
- anger
- annoy
- bend
- get upsomeone'snoseidiom
- givesomeonethe shitsidiom
- go too faridiom
- goat
- grate
- joke
- nark
- rub
- rubsomeoneup the wrong wayidiom
- ruffle
- rufflesomeone'sfeathersidiom
- setsomeone'steeth on edgeidiom
- tit
- troll
Examplesofangering
angering
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
The offering might be accepted, pacifying the deity, or rejected as insufficient or of the wrong kind,angeringthe deity.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The anomaly seems to be affecting andangeringa number of people.
From the
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We wereangeringthe neutrals then, and there has been some considerable anger since.
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So as to prevent the mere sound of the word 'supervision' fromangeringthe financial conglomerates, the report promises them that the directive will respect the need for confidentiality.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
It is when we do not - and especially to protect the speech that may particularly beangeringto people like me or others - that we have those laws.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
News of the meeting spread,angeringmany of the citizens.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The women began digging,angeringthe snakes, which attacked.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He also was often drunk, furtherangeringthe warriors.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He was practically considered a blank slate, so the writers were able to use him withoutangeringfans.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.To advertisers, the benefits include notangeringor annoying users into blocking, defaming or boycotting their products or websites.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.She had fallen in love with a humble accountant,angeringher father.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This article had the effect of worsening the demonstrations byangeringits leaders, who then made their demands more extreme.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The huge redwood falls, knocking down all the other redwoods in a large domino-like chain reaction,angeringtheir newfound friends.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Due to lack of seating, only 5,000 tickets were given out,angeringthe 15,000 or so (est.) other students who were then unable to attend.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The work immediately drew a crowd from fans, despiteangeringmany residents, who found the message offensive.
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