angers

1. 1
   verb

   Third-person singular simple present of anger.

   Nothing angers the coach more than a careless mistake.

   The unfair ruling angers fans across the country.

   Note

   The form a singular subject takes in the present tense, while I, you, we and they keep the bare form. It serves both uses of the verb. In the transitive use something provokes the feeling in someone (the delay angers her). In the intransitive use a person simply becomes angry (he angers quickly). The same spelling is also the plural noun, and the sentence's structure always shows which one is meant.

2. 2
   noun

   Plural of anger.

   Years of quiet angers finally surfaced at the meeting.

   The poem traces the slow-burning angers of a forgotten generation.

   Note

   A plural that breaks one feeling into many. The noun is usually treated as a single mass of emotion, so the plural is the marked choice: it separates the feeling into distinct grievances or episodes, each with its own cause. That gives it a literary, reflective ring, as in old angers, private angers, the angers of a generation. In everyday speech, "a lot of anger" is the safer phrase.

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