Angriness

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. The quality or state of being angry, marked by strong displeasure or hostility
2. A feeling of intense displeasure or wrath that makes someone irritable and hostile
3. The condition of being provoked to rage or annoyance, expressed through words or behavior

Etymology: "Angriness" is a plain formation: the adjective "angry" with the suffix "-ness," which turns an adjective into a noun for the state or quality it describes. The suffix itself is old and productive in English, and it attaches freely to native adjectives like "happy" or "kind," so "angriness" follows the same pattern as "greediness" or "heaviness." The base word "angry" goes back to Middle English, where the form "angrynes" appeared alongside "angrinesse," both showing the same construction. Those early spellings show the noun being built on "angry" in the same way it is today, and the suffix "-ness" was already doing this job centuries before the modern spelling settled.

Synonyms: anger, rage, wrath

Antonyms: calmness, serenity