The superlative form of angry, meaning most full of rage, fury, or intense displeasure.
From Old Norse 'angr' meaning sorrow or grief, related to the verb 'anga' meaning to cause pain. The sense of 'angry' originally meant suffering or troubled before evolving to mean actively enraged or hostile.
The word 'angry' started meaning wounded or in pain—showing that anger was once understood as emotional injury rather than just aggression, which is why we say people 'hurt' our feelings.
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