Angry

Frequently experiences or expresses strong irritation, resentment, or rage.

Angry means: Frequently experiences or expresses strong irritation, resentment, or rage. Behavior in practice: Raises voice, becomes hostile, ruminates on offense, or reacts to frustration with more emotional force than the situation requires. Context for Angry: The tendency is best understood through repeated behavior across situations, because intention, intensity, timing, and consequences can change how it is experienced. Similar traits for Angry: irritable, hostile, resentful — related qualities that overlap with Angry while differing in motive, behavior, or intensity. Opposite traits for Angry: calm, forgiving, placid — useful contrasts showing how behavior or judgment can move in a different direction from Angry. When Angry becomes frequent or intense, it can weaken trust, judgment, cooperation, or well-being; one isolated episode, however, is not enough to define a person by this label. To assess Angry fairly, look for a consistent pattern across time and situations, consider the surrounding context, and avoid defining someone by a single incident.