angrify

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From angry +‎ -ify.

Verb[edit]

angrify (third-person singular simple present angrifies, present participle angrifying, simple past and past participle angrified)

  1. (US, nonstandard, transitive) To make angry, to anger.
    • 1996, Jerome Gold, The Prisoner's Son: Homage to Anthony Burgess:
      The way he said it, the way it came out of his mouth, I knew Scut was angrifying.
    • 2005, Jonathan Rogers, The Secret of the Swamp King:
      "[...] Ain't no cause to get angrified at me."
    • 2007, Robert Rawson, Deceptive Juggernaut:
      “No need to be so angrified! We just thought that since this is such a dangerous mission, we could have a last meal. You know, just in case we die or something.”
    • 2011, William Walling, Arminius:
      “I've terrible serious doubts as to whether eight paltry legions would do more than angrify the barbarians whilst making only a smallish dent in the whole of germanorum.”

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