angersome

English

Etymology

From anger + -some.

Adjective

angersome (comparative more angersome, superlative most angersome)

  1. Marked by, or showing anger; angry; wrathful
    • 1840, Thomas Hood, Tylney Hall:
      "[...] — there's been summut done to make God Almighty angersome, — mark my words on it."
    • 2013, Krishnanand, Sermons in the Storms:
      Unused to commotion and as also being surprised over that day's angersome attitude of her ever good-natured son, the Doctor's mother came and saw things to herself.
  2. (chiefly dialectal, Scotland) Causing or arousing anger; vexatious; irritating
    • 2015, David Shoemaker, Responsibility from the Margins:
      As a sentiment, then, agential anger evaluates its object as “angersome,” as meriting anger.

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