What is the difference between apoplectic and angry?
apoplectic | angry | Synonyms |
Of, or relating to apoplexy.
Marked by extreme anger or fury.
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(archaic) Effused with blood.
Displaying or feeling anger.
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(said about a wound or a rash) Inflamed and painful.
Dark and stormy, menacing.
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Apoplectic is a synonym of angry.
As adjectives the difference between apoplectic and angry
is that apoplectic is of, or relating to apoplexy while angry is displaying or feeling anger.apoplectic
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Adjective
(-)citation, page= , passage=The decision left Potters boss Tony Pulis apoplectic on the touchline, a feeling his West Ham counterpart Avram Grant was to share immediately after the break. }}
Quotations
* 1960 — , To Kill a Mockingbird , ch 11 *: Once she heard Jem refer to our father as 'Atticus' and her reaction was apoplectic . * 2005 — (author?), The New Yorker , (page?) (12 Dec) *: "Speak of the devil—he marches through the door, and becomes apoplectic when he learns of the upheaval."angry
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Adjective
(er)- The broken glass left two angry cuts across my arm.
- Angry clouds raced across the sky.
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