Hurl vs Angry - What's the difference?
hurl | angry |
To throw (something) with force.
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To utter (harsh or derogatory speech), especially at its target.
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To participate in the sport of hurling.
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(slang) To vomit.
(obsolete) To twist or turn.
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A throw, especially a violent throw; a fling.
The act of vomiting.
(hurling) The act of hitting the sliotar with the hurley.
(Ulster) (car) ride
(obsolete) tumult; riot; hurly-burly
(obsolete) A table on which fibre is stirred and mixed by beating with a bow spring.
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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As a verb hurl
is to throw (something) with force.As a noun hurl
is a throw, especially a violent throw; a fling.As an adjective angry is
displaying or feeling anger.hurl
English
Verb
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- I was standing on the edge of the conning-tower, when a heavy palm suddenly struck me between the shoulders and hurled me forward into space. The drop to the triangular deck forward of the conning-tower might easily have broken a leg for me, or I might have slipped off onto the deck and rolled overboard; but fate was upon my side, as I was only slightly bruised.
- Tarzan on his part never lost an opportunity to show that he fully reciprocated his foster father's sentiments, and whenever he could safely annoy him or make faces at him or hurl insults upon him from the safety of his mother's arms, or the slender branches of the higher trees, he did so.
- The gangs hurled abuse at each other.
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- Pass me the bucket; I've got to hurl .
- hurled or crooked feet
Noun
(en noun)- He managed a hurl of 50.3 metres.
- A hurl of abuse.
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angry
English
Adjective
(er)- The broken glass left two angry cuts across my arm.
- Angry clouds raced across the sky.
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