We have been learning about adjectives for a long time. Let’s brush up our knowledge by checking out the definition of adjectives and then move ahead to the words or adjectives that are used to describe anger.
Adjectives: It is basically a word that is used to describe a noun. For example, you can describe someone’s character, nature or anger, etc.
Words to Describe Anger, Rage and Hate
| Acrid | Aggravated | Annoyed | Bitter |
| Blue in the face | Frustrated | Boiling | Caustic |
| Fuming | Incensed | Mad | Enraged |
| Foaming | Furious | Hopping | Hot |
| Indignant | Livid | Outraged | Perturbed |
| Seething | Storming | Wroth | Ticked |
| Annoyed | Apathetic | Bored | Cold |
| Crabby | Cranky | Critical | Cross |
| Detached | Frustrated | Impatient | Irritated |
| Peeved | Rankled | Aggravated | Angry |
| Antagonized | Arrogant | Exasperated | Incensed |
| Indignant | Inflamed | Mad | Offended |
| Resentful | Sarcastic | Aggressive | Appalled |
| Belligerent | Bitter | Contemptuous | Furious |
| Hateful | Livid | Menacing | Outraged |
| Ranting | Raving | Seething | Spiteful |
| Vicious | Violent | Vengeful | Vindictive |
| Disbelieving | distrustful | insecure | protective |
| suspicious | vulnerable | covetous | demanding |
| desirous | envious | jealous | threatened |
Now, in this blog, we would be checking out the adjectives which describe the anger of a person – an intense emotional state with strong uncomfortable response when he or she is annoyed. You could also see the examples which will help you to get good understanding of the words.
You can also make use of these words in your writing to describe extreme anger and madness.
- Acrid: extremely harsh (also refers to an unpleasant taste or smell)
Example: He was nursing a cup of strong black coffee, reveling in the bittersweet, acrid tang and the caffeine rush it provided to his dozy brain.
- Acrimonious: harshly unpleasant
Example: A plume of acrid smoke rose slowly from what had been a vacuum cleaner only moments before.
- Aggravated: angrily agitated
Example: What’s more, the alleged shooter reportedly is the wife of one of the inmates, who was serving 35 years for aggravated robbery and assault.
- Angered: made angry
Example: The government has backed away from announcing changes to its controversial policy in a move that has angered both farming and green groups.
- Annoyed: angry about being disturbed or harassed
Example: He was untiring, but sometimes he was annoyed that he couldn’t walk on his head.
- Antagonistic: angrily opposed
Example: I was disappointed that our elected representative was so antagonistic to councilors who were working hard to resolve the dispute.
- Antipathetic: expressing antipathy, or aggression or aversion
Example: Most of your friends are indifferent or antipathetic to it, so you don’t bring it up much when talking about movies.
- Apoplectic: violently angry, from the adjectival form of apoplexy, the former word for stroke
Example: Editors were apoplectic, and they showed it by quitting en masse, leaving Mays to pick up the pieces.
- Ballistic: explosively angry, from the adjective describing the projectile flight
Example: A system capable of reliably stopping a ballistic missile is likely to be that much more capable against conventional aircraft.
- Bellicose: aggressively angry, from the synonym for warlike
Example: Due to in-consonance between intellectual and emotional development, this species is extremely volatile and bellicose.
- Belligerent: see bellicose
Example: His loud, belligerent, thick-skinned exterior has always encased a much more emotional inner center.
- Bitter: harshly upset due to resentment
Example: But, like Logan, we need to put aside wedge politics, personal rancor, and bitter partisanship to act on behalf of the nation.
- Blue in the face: see frustrated, from the idea of facial discoloration caused by extreme emotion
Example: The antagonist went blue in the face but did the reverse, allowing the man with the indisputable right of way to proceed.
- Boiling: extremely angry, with the figurative sense of being agitated like heated water
Example: He suggested one to two grams of dried thyme leaves in a cup of boiling water.
- Bristling: defensively angry, suggestive of an animal’s hair bristling as it responds to a threat
Example: The bristling energy has been turned inward, resulting in an unprecedented illusion of warmth.
- Burning: extremely angry, from the notion of the body overheating because of the intensity of feeling
Example: The reality is that we are rapaciously destroying ecosystems and burning fossil fuels as if there were no tomorrow.
- Caustic: cruelly angry, or sarcastic
Example: The caustic of the tricuspid, where the rays are parallel and in any direction, is an asteroid.
- Cheesed off: see frustrated (can also mean “bored” or “disgusted”)
Example: More people are going down this route because they are cheesed off that they have to pay crazy prices for a bigger property.
- Choleric: easily angered
Example: Indeed, the political system accommodated the interests and choleric attitudes of both men with little difficulty.
- Churlish: disrespectfully angry
Example: But it seems rather churlish to criticize a president for lacking vision and then to ridicule him when he tries to be visionary.
- Cold: angry in an emotionally remote manner
Example: It’s a Cold War story based on a Tom Clancy book, so the locations are plentiful and the political intrigue calls for realism.
Make sure whenever you see someone getting angry or mad, help him to understand the root cause and show your affection that you are there with him.
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