Meaning

2 senses
  1. (transitive)To cause such a feeling of antagonism in.

    He who angers you conquers you.

    ärgern

    злитьzlitʹ, серди́тьserdítʹ, гневи́тьgnevítʹ

  2. (intransitive)To become angry.

    You anger too easily.

    zornig werden, wütend werden

    серди́тьсяserdítʹsja, рассерди́тьсяrasserdítʹsja, зли́тьсяzlítʹsja

    become angry

Examples

734 sentences
  1. Tom couldn't control his anger anymore.

    Том більше не міг контролювати лють.

    deTom konnte seine Wut nicht mehr kontrollieren.

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  2. He tried to hold back his anger.

    Він намагався стримати свій гнів.

    ruОн пытался сдержать свой гнев.

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  3. I understand your anger.

    Я розумію твій гнів.

    ruЯ понимаю ваш гнев.

    deIch verstehe deinen Ärger.

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  4. I couldn't control my anger.

    Я не зміг впоратися зі своїм гнівом.

    ruЯ не смог совладать со своим гневом.

    deIch konnte meine Wut nicht zügeln.

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  5. I can understand your anger.

    Я можу зрозуміти твій гнів.

    ruЯ могу понять ваш гнев.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
to cause such a feeling of antagonism:
to become angry:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to cause such a feeling of antagonism:
to become angry:

Origin

From Middle English anger (“grief, pain, trouble, affliction, vexation, sorrow, wrath”), f

From Middle English anger (“grief, pain, trouble, affliction, vexation, sorrow, wrath”), from Old Norse angr, ǫngr (“affliction, sorrow”) (compare Old Norse ang, ǫng (“troubled”)), from Proto-Germanic *angazaz (“grief, sorrow”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰ- (“narrow, tied together”).

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Forms

angers, angering, angered, angered
Base formanger · to anger
3rd person singularangers
Present participleangering
Past simpleangered
Past participleangered

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyanger
he, she, itangers

Past simpleLesson

all personsangered

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave angered
he, she, ithas angered

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill anger

Synonyms

12 synonyms

Word family

1 related words
Derivedangeringly

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
anger — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto