Angered describes the feeling or act of making someone feel angry or becoming angry oneself. It commonly functions as an adjective meaning 'made angry' and, less often, as the past participle of the verb anger. The word carries a mildly strong emotional charge and is often used in narrative or descriptive contexts to convey a reaction to a stimulus.
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"Her tone grew sharp, and she was visibly angered by the delay."
"The manager was angered by the repeated failures to meet the deadline."
"He was angered to discover the misfiled reports had not been corrected."
"The crowd's jeers angered the speaker, fueling a heated exchange."
Angered comes from the verb anger, ultimately derived from the Old English angri, related to the Proto-Germanic *angra- meaning 'narrow, painful, painful to feel or endure,' with a sense evolution toward 'to vex or irritate.' The modern form anger arose in Middle English from the noun anger (which itself traces to the Old Norse angr) and the verb to anger, recording in print by the 13th century. The suffix -ed in angered marks the past participle/adjective form, indicating a completed action or state. Over time, usage shifted from strictly describing caused feeling to also characterizing state of being provoked or incensed, which is reflected in contemporary phrases like 'he was angered by' rather than 'he angered by' (the latter being a reduced, less common structure). The word retains the core semantic core of arousal of anger due to a triggering event, but its register is generally neutral to mildly emphatic, making it common in both narrative and clinical descriptions.
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Pronounced as /ˈæŋ.ɚd/ in US, /ˈæŋ.əd/ in UK, and /ˈæŋ.ɪd/ in some AU speech. Start with the short A as in 'cat,' then the nasal 'ng' blend, followed by a rhotacized or schwa vowel in the second syllable, and finish with a light 'd.' Place the primary stress on the first syllable. Audio references: try Cambridge or Oxford dictionary audio for the exact timbre. IPA guides: US /æ ŋ ɚ d/, UK /æ ŋ ə d/.
Common mistakes include reducing the second syllable so it sounds like 'an-gerd' with a full /ɡ/ or a pronounced 'er' as a pure /ɜː/. Some speakers insert an extra syllable ('ang-ger-ed') or omit the final D, giving 'ang-er.' Correction: keep the second syllable as a lax schwa /ə/ (US) or /ə/ (UK) and ensure the final '/d/' is released but light. Emphasize the initial /æŋ/ cluster, then a quick, non-stressed /ɚ/ or /ə/ before the final /d/.
In US English, the second syllable often has a rhotacized /ɚ/; in UK English, you commonly hear a schwa /ə/ with a more clipped final /d/ and less rhotacization. Australian may fall between US and UK, with a lighter rhoticity and a forward tongue position for /æŋ/ and a softer /d/. Overall, US tends to a more pronounced rhotic vocal quality in the second syllable, UK leaning to a pure /ə/, AU balancing the two.
The difficulty lies in the subtle rhotacized middle syllable and the vowel quality change from /ɚ/ to /ə/ depending on speaker and pace. The final /d/ can be unreleased in rapid speech, which muddies the boundary between syllables. Practicing with controlled pace helps you deliver a clean /ˈæŋ.ɚd/ or /ˈæŋ.əd/ while maintaining stress on the first syllable and avoiding an intrusive extra vowel.
No traditional silent letters in angered. It is pronounced with four phonemes in typical pronunciation: /ˈæŋ.ɚd/ (US) or /ˈæŋ.əd/ (UK). The 'er' sound in the middle is not silent; it’s a reduced vowel. Some speakers may softly reduce the second vowel in rapid speech, but the D remains audible. IPA cues help you monitor the reduced vowel, ensuring you don’t insert an extra syllable.
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