": a person who is like an angel (as in looks or behavior)":[
"Your toddler is such an angel .",
"Be an angel and get me a cup of tea, would you",
"Childs is no angel either, and that gives his book its drama.",
"\u2014 George Johnson"
],
": a usually white-robed winged figure of human form in fine art \u2014 see also snow angel":[],
": an attendant usually benevolent spirit or guardian":[
"\u2014 often used without implication of belief in its supernatural character \"A putting angel must have come to me during the night because I felt great today and every putt I hit was a great putt,\" he [Paul McGinley] said. \u2014 Nelson Clare"
],
": an order of angels \u2014 see celestial hierarchy":[],
": angelfish":[],
": inspiration from God":[],
": messenger , harbinger":[
"an angel of death",
"The dear good angel of the Spring, / The nightingale.",
"\u2014 Ben Jonson"
],
": one who aids or supports with money or influence":[
"Angels are considered one of the oldest sources of capital for start-up entrepreneurs; the term itself, by most accounts, comes from the affluent patrons who used to finance Broadway plays in the early twentieth century.",
"\u2014 Colleen Debaise",
"Typically, angel investors put up anywhere from $10,000 to $50,000 to back a young start-up, and can fund as many as 10 companies at any given time.",
"\u2014 Michael B. Farrell"
],
": the part of a person's character or nature that is said to guide the person's thoughts and behavior":[
"\u2026 here was [Lyndon] Johnson charging straight at a problem, telling his fellow citizens an ugly truth about themselves while trying to invoke the better angels of their nature.",
"\u2014 Kevin Baker",
"[Lamar] Alexander concluded: \"In his first inaugural address, Abraham Lincoln appealed to the better angels of our nature. If there are better angels of our nature, I guess that means there must be worse angels in us as well. \u2026\"",
"\u2014 Congressional Documents and Publications"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Every time Los Angeles' Shohei Ohtani grounds out into short right field, an angel loses its wings. \u2014 Gregg Doyel, The Indianapolis Star , 27 June 2022",
"Out of the 226 investments in African AI analyzed, 55% were made up of seed, pre-seed and angel funding compared to 27% of non-equity assistance and grants. \u2014 Faustine Ngila, Quartz , 23 June 2022",
"In one version of the photo, an angel \u2019s wings had been digitally added to the boy\u2019s small frame. \u2014 Jeremy C. Fox, BostonGlobe.com , 17 June 2022",
"Additionally, healthcare continues to attract high levels of funding from angel and institutional investors. \u2014 Dr. Eric George, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
"Meanwhile, the top seller in the company\u2019s online offering was a 1950s gold Cartier ring with an angel that dates to the Hellenistic era, 323\u201333 B.C. \u2014 Rima Suqi, ELLE Decor , 13 June 2022",
"When read literally, and taken purely in context, an angel of the lord as seen in the Book of Revelations can be a hauntingly terrifying vampire. \u2014 Jennifer Maas, Variety , 31 May 2022",
"Shesterkin snagged the puck between his legs flailing, as if trying to make a snow angel late in the first period. \u2014 Aaron Beard, San Francisco Chronicle , 30 May 2022",
"After his deathbed repentance, he will, apparently, be absolved of all his sins and return as sort of a benevolent angel . \u2014 Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune , 22 May 2022"
],
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Old English engel & Anglo-French angele ; both from Late Latin angelus , from Greek angelos , literally, messenger":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u0101n-j\u0259l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"dove",
"innocent",
"lamb",
"sheep"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-130051",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"angel food cake":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a usually white sponge cake made of flour, sugar, and whites of eggs":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Other fail-safe options include pound cake, coffee cake, banana bread, angel food cake , even supermarket cake layers. \u2014 Kyle Beechey, Bon App\u00e9tit , 17 May 2022",
"Best Used For: Sponge cake, pound cake, layer cakes, angel food cake , and muffins. \u2014 Carmen Collins, Country Living , 19 Apr. 2022",
"This delicate, cloudlike cake is an adaptation of the classic angel food cake , using rice flour for regular flour so the cake is gluten-free, with a little crunch. \u2014 Ashley Dunne, Sunset Magazine , 28 Apr. 2022",
"The loads of sugar in an angel food cake give it a chewy and sponge-like texture. \u2014 Charlyne Mattox, Country Living , 21 Apr. 2022",
"But pound cake, angel food cake , cake baked at home or from box mix will all do. \u2014 Felicia Campbell, The Arizona Republic , 22 Dec. 2021",
"For the cake part, try poundcake, brownies, ladyfingers, angel food cake , or your favorite type of cake (just crumble or cube it first). \u2014 Alysha Witwicki, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 7 Dec. 2021",
"The strawberries and cream version ($12) features pickled berries, angel food cake and condensed milk. \u2014 Janelle Bitker, San Francisco Chronicle , 11 Oct. 2021",
"Flavors of the Past: Naper Settlement will offer a tutorial on how to make a chocolate angel food cake at 7 p.m. Saturday, July 24, on its Facebook page. \u2014 Michelle Mullins, chicagotribune.com , 17 July 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1878, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-131026",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"angelic":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": of or relating to angels":[
"angelic forms",
"For even they, the very devils, when they sinned, sinned by such a sin as alone was compatible with such angelical natures \u2026",
"\u2014 James Joyce",
"a sweet, angelic child",
"an angelic voice/smile",
"When women are brooding over their children, or busied in a sick-room, who has not seen in their faces those sweet angelic beams of love and pity",
"\u2014 William Makepeace Thackeray",
"At 12, Westenra was busking on the streets of Christchurch, singing arias and Bee Gees tunes in an angelic soprano \u2026",
"\u2014 Joan Anderman"
],
": resembling, or suggestive of, an angel (as in purity, holiness, innocence, or beauty)":[
"angelic forms",
"For even they, the very devils, when they sinned, sinned by such a sin as alone was compatible with such angelical natures \u2026",
"\u2014 James Joyce",
"a sweet, angelic child",
"an angelic voice/smile",
"When women are brooding over their children, or busied in a sick-room, who has not seen in their faces those sweet angelic beams of love and pity",
"\u2014 William Makepeace Thackeray",
"At 12, Westenra was busking on the streets of Christchurch, singing arias and Bee Gees tunes in an angelic soprano \u2026",
"\u2014 Joan Anderman"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"an-\u02c8je-lik"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-041016",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"angelical":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": of or relating to angels":[
"angelic forms",
"For even they, the very devils, when they sinned, sinned by such a sin as alone was compatible with such angelical natures \u2026",
"\u2014 James Joyce",
"a sweet, angelic child",
"an angelic voice/smile",
"When women are brooding over their children, or busied in a sick-room, who has not seen in their faces those sweet angelic beams of love and pity",
"\u2014 William Makepeace Thackeray",
"At 12, Westenra was busking on the streets of Christchurch, singing arias and Bee Gees tunes in an angelic soprano \u2026",
"\u2014 Joan Anderman"
],
": resembling, or suggestive of, an angel (as in purity, holiness, innocence, or beauty)":[
"angelic forms",
"For even they, the very devils, when they sinned, sinned by such a sin as alone was compatible with such angelical natures \u2026",
"\u2014 James Joyce",
"a sweet, angelic child",
"an angelic voice/smile",
"When women are brooding over their children, or busied in a sick-room, who has not seen in their faces those sweet angelic beams of love and pity",
"\u2014 William Makepeace Thackeray",
"At 12, Westenra was busking on the streets of Christchurch, singing arias and Bee Gees tunes in an angelic soprano \u2026",
"\u2014 Joan Anderman"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"an-\u02c8je-lik"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-201429",
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]
},
"anger":{
"antonyms":[
"enrage",
"incense",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"infuriate",
"ire",
"mad",
"madden",
"outrage",
"rankle",
"rile",
"roil",
"steam up",
"tick off"
],
"definitions":{
": a strong feeling of displeasure and usually of antagonism (see antagonism sense 1b )":[
"You could hear the anger in his voice.",
"She found it hard to control her anger .",
"His mind had teemed with a hundred hurts and angers .",
"\u2014 Irving Wallace"
],
": a threatening or violent appearance or state : rage sense 2":[
"the sea's anger",
"Suddenly it was swept by a strong gust of wind \u2026 . New thunder, new anger came rolling over their heads.",
"\u2014 Rita Madocs"
],
": to become angry":[
"a man who angers easily"
],
": to make (someone) angry":[
"He was angered by the decision."
]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"He couldn't hide his anger with us.",
"You could hear the anger in his voice.",
"The group expressed its anger over the company's arrogance.",
"He said that he had no anger towards the person who shot him.",
"He never raised his voice in anger .",
"She was shaking in anger .",
"Verb",
"They were shocked and angered by the company's arrogance.",
"He was angered to learn that he had been fired.",
"It angered me that she would say something like that.",
"He's a gentle man who's not easily angered .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"On the steps of the Utah Capitol, hundreds of protesters held signs to express their anger and fears Sunday evening. \u2014 Aaron Falk, The Salt Lake Tribune , 27 June 2022",
"Winker, during Sunday\u2019s scrum, later got in the face of Nevin, voicing his anger over the situation, then made an obscene gesture to the Angel Stadium crowd on his way off the field after getting ejected. \u2014 Sarah Valenzuela, Los Angeles Times , 27 June 2022",
"Thousands marched in streets and gathered in squares to voice their anger and to urge lawmakers to take actions to support a woman\u2019s freedom of choice. \u2014 Alan Taylor, The Atlantic , 26 June 2022",
"Can Democrats channel their anger and frustration to win elections and pull even with Republicans for this November",
"Several candidates cite their anger over district mask mandates, which were banned by the Legislature in November, as a motivation for entering the race. \u2014 Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel , 24 June 2022",
"With Hitler marching on Europe, Joe and Sam channel their anger , fear and helplessness into developing the comic book superhero the Escapist. \u2014 Alice Mcdermott, New York Times , 22 June 2022",
"My anger is not at Alex & Celsius but at the short sellers. \u2014 Rachel Lerman, Washington Post , 21 June 2022",
"But too many of them have let their anger get the better of them. \u2014 Robert H. Bork Jr., National Review , 17 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The decision, Trump has told friends and advisers, will anger suburban women, a group who helped tilt the 2020 presidential race to Joe Biden, and will lead to a backlash against Republicans in the November midterm elections. \u2014 Maggie Haberman, BostonGlobe.com , 24 June 2022",
"For example, Hollywood is careful not to anger China due to the huge market the country represents, willingly censoring its movies to maintain access to the Chinese box office. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Singleton said employees in his department have experienced a range of emotions from concern for Vicky's well-being to anger over her alleged actions. \u2014 Lorraine Taylor, Fox News , 10 May 2022",
"The charges of illegality leveled at Mr. Putin for the invasion of a sovereign country are certain to anger the Russian president. \u2014 New York Times , 8 May 2022",
"Doing their damnedest not only to be increasingly irrelevant and invisible but to actually anger their most loyal fans. \u2014 Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Breaking with the past will anger powerful constituencies in Mr. Biden\u2019s administration. \u2014 Robert B. Zoellick, WSJ , 22 May 2022",
"While Paul coasts by for a while under the mistaken assurance that his mother Esther (Hathaway) has authority over Turkey in her role as PTA president, his smart mouth and openly defiant attitudes frequently anger both of his parents. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 19 May 2022",
"The summit, which is held every three or four years, is being convened in the United States for the first time since its 1994 inaugural session, and the Biden administration\u2019s decision is likely to anger several other countries. \u2014 Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times , 6 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English anger, angre \"distress, affliction, hostile attitude, strong displeasure,\" borrowed from Old Norse angr \"grief, vexation,\" going back to Germanic *angaza-, from an Indo-European s-stem *h 2 em\u01f5 h -es-/*h 2 em\u01f5 h -os- (whence Latin angor \"suffocation, anguish,\" Sanskrit \u00e1\u1e41ha\u1e25 \"anxiety, trouble,\" Avestan \u0105zah- ), derivatives of a verbal base *h 2 em\u01f5 h - \"constrict, narrow,\" whence Latin ang\u014d, angere \"to choke, cause pain to, afflict, vex,\" Greek \u00e1nch\u014d, \u00e1nchein \"to squeeze, strangle,\" Hittite \u1e2bamanki \"(s/he) ties, binds\"; also from the base *h 2 em\u01f5 h - an adjective derivative *h 2 em\u01f5 h -u- \"narrow,\" whence Germanic *angu- (> *angwu-, angwja-, whence Old English enge \"narrow,\" ange \"distressing,\" Old Saxon & Old High German engi \"narrow,\" Old High German ango \"anxious,\" Old Norse \u01ebngr, \u00f8ngr, Gothic aggwus ), Old Irish cum ung \"narrow,\" Welsh cyf yng, Old Church Slavic \u01ebz\u016dk\u016d, Polish w\u0105zki, Armenian anjuk (Slavic & Armenian with a velar suffix), Sanskrit a\u1e41h\u00fa\u1e25":"Noun",
"Middle English angren \"to be anxious, grieve, be vexed, irritate, afflict,\" probably in part derivative of anger, angre anger entry 1 , in part borrowed from Old Norse angra \"to grieve, vex,\" derivative of angr \"grief, vexation\"":"Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8a\u014b-g\u0259r"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for anger Noun anger , ire , rage , fury , indignation , wrath mean an intense emotional state induced by displeasure. anger , the most general term, names the reaction but by itself does not convey cause or intensity. tried to hide his anger ire , more frequent in literary contexts, suggests an intense anger, often with an evident display of feeling. cheeks flushed with ire rage and fury suggest loss of self-control from violence of emotion. shook with rage could not contain his fury indignation stresses righteous anger at what one considers unfair, mean, or shameful. a comment that caused general indignation wrath is likely to suggest a desire or intent to punish or get revenge. I feared her wrath if I was discovered",
"synonyms":[
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"birse",
"choler",
"furor",
"fury",
"indignation",
"irateness",
"ire",
"lividity",
"lividness",
"mad",
"madness",
"mood",
"outrage",
"rage",
"spleen",
"wrath",
"wrathfulness"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-190736",
"type":[
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"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"angered":{
"antonyms":[
"enrage",
"incense",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"infuriate",
"ire",
"mad",
"madden",
"outrage",
"rankle",
"rile",
"roil",
"steam up",
"tick off"
],
"definitions":{
": a strong feeling of displeasure and usually of antagonism (see antagonism sense 1b )":[
"You could hear the anger in his voice.",
"She found it hard to control her anger .",
"His mind had teemed with a hundred hurts and angers .",
"\u2014 Irving Wallace"
],
": a threatening or violent appearance or state : rage sense 2":[
"the sea's anger",
"Suddenly it was swept by a strong gust of wind \u2026 . New thunder, new anger came rolling over their heads.",
"\u2014 Rita Madocs"
],
": to become angry":[
"a man who angers easily"
],
": to make (someone) angry":[
"He was angered by the decision."
]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"He couldn't hide his anger with us.",
"You could hear the anger in his voice.",
"The group expressed its anger over the company's arrogance.",
"He said that he had no anger towards the person who shot him.",
"He never raised his voice in anger .",
"She was shaking in anger .",
"Verb",
"They were shocked and angered by the company's arrogance.",
"He was angered to learn that he had been fired.",
"It angered me that she would say something like that.",
"He's a gentle man who's not easily angered .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"On the steps of the Utah Capitol, hundreds of protesters held signs to express their anger and fears Sunday evening. \u2014 Aaron Falk, The Salt Lake Tribune , 27 June 2022",
"Winker, during Sunday\u2019s scrum, later got in the face of Nevin, voicing his anger over the situation, then made an obscene gesture to the Angel Stadium crowd on his way off the field after getting ejected. \u2014 Sarah Valenzuela, Los Angeles Times , 27 June 2022",
"Thousands marched in streets and gathered in squares to voice their anger and to urge lawmakers to take actions to support a woman\u2019s freedom of choice. \u2014 Alan Taylor, The Atlantic , 26 June 2022",
"Can Democrats channel their anger and frustration to win elections and pull even with Republicans for this November",
"Several candidates cite their anger over district mask mandates, which were banned by the Legislature in November, as a motivation for entering the race. \u2014 Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel , 24 June 2022",
"With Hitler marching on Europe, Joe and Sam channel their anger , fear and helplessness into developing the comic book superhero the Escapist. \u2014 Alice Mcdermott, New York Times , 22 June 2022",
"My anger is not at Alex & Celsius but at the short sellers. \u2014 Rachel Lerman, Washington Post , 21 June 2022",
"But too many of them have let their anger get the better of them. \u2014 Robert H. Bork Jr., National Review , 17 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The decision, Trump has told friends and advisers, will anger suburban women, a group who helped tilt the 2020 presidential race to Joe Biden, and will lead to a backlash against Republicans in the November midterm elections. \u2014 Maggie Haberman, BostonGlobe.com , 24 June 2022",
"For example, Hollywood is careful not to anger China due to the huge market the country represents, willingly censoring its movies to maintain access to the Chinese box office. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Singleton said employees in his department have experienced a range of emotions from concern for Vicky's well-being to anger over her alleged actions. \u2014 Lorraine Taylor, Fox News , 10 May 2022",
"The charges of illegality leveled at Mr. Putin for the invasion of a sovereign country are certain to anger the Russian president. \u2014 New York Times , 8 May 2022",
"Doing their damnedest not only to be increasingly irrelevant and invisible but to actually anger their most loyal fans. \u2014 Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Breaking with the past will anger powerful constituencies in Mr. Biden\u2019s administration. \u2014 Robert B. Zoellick, WSJ , 22 May 2022",
"While Paul coasts by for a while under the mistaken assurance that his mother Esther (Hathaway) has authority over Turkey in her role as PTA president, his smart mouth and openly defiant attitudes frequently anger both of his parents. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 19 May 2022",
"The summit, which is held every three or four years, is being convened in the United States for the first time since its 1994 inaugural session, and the Biden administration\u2019s decision is likely to anger several other countries. \u2014 Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times , 6 May 2022"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English anger, angre \"distress, affliction, hostile attitude, strong displeasure,\" borrowed from Old Norse angr \"grief, vexation,\" going back to Germanic *angaza-, from an Indo-European s-stem *h 2 em\u01f5 h -es-/*h 2 em\u01f5 h -os- (whence Latin angor \"suffocation, anguish,\" Sanskrit \u00e1\u1e41ha\u1e25 \"anxiety, trouble,\" Avestan \u0105zah- ), derivatives of a verbal base *h 2 em\u01f5 h - \"constrict, narrow,\" whence Latin ang\u014d, angere \"to choke, cause pain to, afflict, vex,\" Greek \u00e1nch\u014d, \u00e1nchein \"to squeeze, strangle,\" Hittite \u1e2bamanki \"(s/he) ties, binds\"; also from the base *h 2 em\u01f5 h - an adjective derivative *h 2 em\u01f5 h -u- \"narrow,\" whence Germanic *angu- (> *angwu-, angwja-, whence Old English enge \"narrow,\" ange \"distressing,\" Old Saxon & Old High German engi \"narrow,\" Old High German ango \"anxious,\" Old Norse \u01ebngr, \u00f8ngr, Gothic aggwus ), Old Irish cum ung \"narrow,\" Welsh cyf yng, Old Church Slavic \u01ebz\u016dk\u016d, Polish w\u0105zki, Armenian anjuk (Slavic & Armenian with a velar suffix), Sanskrit a\u1e41h\u00fa\u1e25":"Noun",
"Middle English angren \"to be anxious, grieve, be vexed, irritate, afflict,\" probably in part derivative of anger, angre anger entry 1 , in part borrowed from Old Norse angra \"to grieve, vex,\" derivative of angr \"grief, vexation\"":"Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8a\u014b-g\u0259r"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for anger Noun anger , ire , rage , fury , indignation , wrath mean an intense emotional state induced by displeasure. anger , the most general term, names the reaction but by itself does not convey cause or intensity. tried to hide his anger ire , more frequent in literary contexts, suggests an intense anger, often with an evident display of feeling. cheeks flushed with ire rage and fury suggest loss of self-control from violence of emotion. shook with rage could not contain his fury indignation stresses righteous anger at what one considers unfair, mean, or shameful. a comment that caused general indignation wrath is likely to suggest a desire or intent to punish or get revenge. I feared her wrath if I was discovered",
"synonyms":[
"angriness",
"birse",
"choler",
"furor",
"fury",
"indignation",
"irateness",
"ire",
"lividity",
"lividness",
"mad",
"madness",
"mood",
"outrage",
"rage",
"spleen",
"wrath",
"wrathfulness"
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"verb"
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"enrage",
"incense",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"infuriate",
"ire",
"mad",
"madden",
"outrage",
"rankle",
"rile",
"roil",
"steam up",
"tick off"
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"definitions":{
": a strong feeling of displeasure and usually of antagonism (see antagonism sense 1b )":[
"You could hear the anger in his voice.",
"She found it hard to control her anger .",
"His mind had teemed with a hundred hurts and angers .",
"\u2014 Irving Wallace"
],
": a threatening or violent appearance or state : rage sense 2":[
"the sea's anger",
"Suddenly it was swept by a strong gust of wind \u2026 . New thunder, new anger came rolling over their heads.",
"\u2014 Rita Madocs"
],
": to become angry":[
"a man who angers easily"
],
": to make (someone) angry":[
"He was angered by the decision."
]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"He couldn't hide his anger with us.",
"You could hear the anger in his voice.",
"The group expressed its anger over the company's arrogance.",
"He said that he had no anger towards the person who shot him.",
"He never raised his voice in anger .",
"She was shaking in anger .",
"Verb",
"They were shocked and angered by the company's arrogance.",
"He was angered to learn that he had been fired.",
"It angered me that she would say something like that.",
"He's a gentle man who's not easily angered .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"On the steps of the Utah Capitol, hundreds of protesters held signs to express their anger and fears Sunday evening. \u2014 Aaron Falk, The Salt Lake Tribune , 27 June 2022",
"Winker, during Sunday\u2019s scrum, later got in the face of Nevin, voicing his anger over the situation, then made an obscene gesture to the Angel Stadium crowd on his way off the field after getting ejected. \u2014 Sarah Valenzuela, Los Angeles Times , 27 June 2022",
"Thousands marched in streets and gathered in squares to voice their anger and to urge lawmakers to take actions to support a woman\u2019s freedom of choice. \u2014 Alan Taylor, The Atlantic , 26 June 2022",
"Can Democrats channel their anger and frustration to win elections and pull even with Republicans for this November",
"Several candidates cite their anger over district mask mandates, which were banned by the Legislature in November, as a motivation for entering the race. \u2014 Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel , 24 June 2022",
"With Hitler marching on Europe, Joe and Sam channel their anger , fear and helplessness into developing the comic book superhero the Escapist. \u2014 Alice Mcdermott, New York Times , 22 June 2022",
"My anger is not at Alex & Celsius but at the short sellers. \u2014 Rachel Lerman, Washington Post , 21 June 2022",
"But too many of them have let their anger get the better of them. \u2014 Robert H. Bork Jr., National Review , 17 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The decision, Trump has told friends and advisers, will anger suburban women, a group who helped tilt the 2020 presidential race to Joe Biden, and will lead to a backlash against Republicans in the November midterm elections. \u2014 Maggie Haberman, BostonGlobe.com , 24 June 2022",
"For example, Hollywood is careful not to anger China due to the huge market the country represents, willingly censoring its movies to maintain access to the Chinese box office. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Singleton said employees in his department have experienced a range of emotions from concern for Vicky's well-being to anger over her alleged actions. \u2014 Lorraine Taylor, Fox News , 10 May 2022",
"The charges of illegality leveled at Mr. Putin for the invasion of a sovereign country are certain to anger the Russian president. \u2014 New York Times , 8 May 2022",
"Doing their damnedest not only to be increasingly irrelevant and invisible but to actually anger their most loyal fans. \u2014 Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Breaking with the past will anger powerful constituencies in Mr. Biden\u2019s administration. \u2014 Robert B. Zoellick, WSJ , 22 May 2022",
"While Paul coasts by for a while under the mistaken assurance that his mother Esther (Hathaway) has authority over Turkey in her role as PTA president, his smart mouth and openly defiant attitudes frequently anger both of his parents. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 19 May 2022",
"The summit, which is held every three or four years, is being convened in the United States for the first time since its 1994 inaugural session, and the Biden administration\u2019s decision is likely to anger several other countries. \u2014 Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times , 6 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English anger, angre \"distress, affliction, hostile attitude, strong displeasure,\" borrowed from Old Norse angr \"grief, vexation,\" going back to Germanic *angaza-, from an Indo-European s-stem *h 2 em\u01f5 h -es-/*h 2 em\u01f5 h -os- (whence Latin angor \"suffocation, anguish,\" Sanskrit \u00e1\u1e41ha\u1e25 \"anxiety, trouble,\" Avestan \u0105zah- ), derivatives of a verbal base *h 2 em\u01f5 h - \"constrict, narrow,\" whence Latin ang\u014d, angere \"to choke, cause pain to, afflict, vex,\" Greek \u00e1nch\u014d, \u00e1nchein \"to squeeze, strangle,\" Hittite \u1e2bamanki \"(s/he) ties, binds\"; also from the base *h 2 em\u01f5 h - an adjective derivative *h 2 em\u01f5 h -u- \"narrow,\" whence Germanic *angu- (> *angwu-, angwja-, whence Old English enge \"narrow,\" ange \"distressing,\" Old Saxon & Old High German engi \"narrow,\" Old High German ango \"anxious,\" Old Norse \u01ebngr, \u00f8ngr, Gothic aggwus ), Old Irish cum ung \"narrow,\" Welsh cyf yng, Old Church Slavic \u01ebz\u016dk\u016d, Polish w\u0105zki, Armenian anjuk (Slavic & Armenian with a velar suffix), Sanskrit a\u1e41h\u00fa\u1e25":"Noun",
"Middle English angren \"to be anxious, grieve, be vexed, irritate, afflict,\" probably in part derivative of anger, angre anger entry 1 , in part borrowed from Old Norse angra \"to grieve, vex,\" derivative of angr \"grief, vexation\"":"Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8a\u014b-g\u0259r"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for anger Noun anger , ire , rage , fury , indignation , wrath mean an intense emotional state induced by displeasure. anger , the most general term, names the reaction but by itself does not convey cause or intensity. tried to hide his anger ire , more frequent in literary contexts, suggests an intense anger, often with an evident display of feeling. cheeks flushed with ire rage and fury suggest loss of self-control from violence of emotion. shook with rage could not contain his fury indignation stresses righteous anger at what one considers unfair, mean, or shameful. a comment that caused general indignation wrath is likely to suggest a desire or intent to punish or get revenge. I feared her wrath if I was discovered",
"synonyms":[
"angriness",
"birse",
"choler",
"furor",
"fury",
"indignation",
"irateness",
"ire",
"lividity",
"lividness",
"mad",
"madness",
"mood",
"outrage",
"rage",
"spleen",
"wrath",
"wrathfulness"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-094549",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"angle":{
"antonyms":[
"cant",
"cock",
"heel",
"incline",
"lean",
"list",
"pitch",
"slant",
"slope",
"tilt",
"tip"
],
"definitions":{
": a corner whether constituting a projecting part or a partially enclosed space":[
"They sheltered in an angle of the building."
],
": a measure of an angle or of the amount of turning necessary to bring one line or plane into coincidence with or parallel to another":[],
": a member of a Germanic people that invaded England along with the Saxons and Jutes in the fifth century a.d. and merged with them to form the Anglo-Saxon peoples":[],
": a sharply divergent course":[
"The road went off at an angle ."
],
": a special approach, point of attack, or technique for accomplishing an objective":[
"try a new angle"
],
": an often improper or illicit method of obtaining advantage":[
"a salesman always looking for an angle"
],
": the direction from which someone or something is approached":[
"soldiers being attacked from every angle",
"a football player trying to get an angle on an opponent [=approach an opponent from an effective angle]"
],
": to fish with a hook":[],
": to present (something, such as a news story) from a particular or prejudiced point of view : slant":[
"angled stories toward the newspaper's political preferences"
],
": to turn or proceed at an angle":[
"The road angles up the hill."
],
": to turn, move, or direct at an angle":[
"slipped the key in and angled it to one side"
],
": to use artful means to attain an objective":[
"angled for an invitation"
]
},
"examples":[
"Noun (1)",
"The lines are at sharp angles to each other.",
"Critics love the clever camera angles the director used in the film.",
"She took pictures of the same scene from several different angles .",
"The soldiers were being attacked from every angle .",
"We need to approach the problem from a new angle .",
"They considered the question from all angles .",
"The reporter tried to work that angle into his story.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Republicans are pushing a bigger point: As financial technology start-ups angle to compete with traditional banks, the Fed needs to explain its standards for doling out access to its payment rails. \u2014 Tory Newmyer, Washington Post , 3 July 2022",
"Mars enters your relationship angle for the rest of July on the 5th and this means that others are likely to be a bit more feisty, testing your ability not to overreact. \u2014 Katharine Merlin, Town & Country , 1 July 2022",
"Your upper arm angle should now hit about 90 degrees. \u2014 Jeff Tomko, Men's Health , 23 June 2022",
"Nowadays, most serious golfers are heavily dialed into data, fixating over their launch angle , club speed, spin rate and other key metrics launch monitors spit out. \u2014 Mike Dojc, Forbes , 22 June 2022",
"That is your angle for foul balls from right-handed batters. \u2014 Marc Bona, cleveland , 10 May 2022",
"So my angle was more the names and also making fun of myself. \u2014 Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter , 6 May 2022",
"Last season, Sanmartin lowered his arm angle , developed his changeup and saw his strikeout rate spike. \u2014 Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer , 28 Mar. 2022",
"But the former Defensive Player of the Year slides his feet and cuts off his angle to the rim. \u2014 C.j. Holmes, San Francisco Chronicle , 15 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Meta faces stiff competition in the AR/VR hardware race, as Apple, Alphabet, Amazon, and others angle to pioneer the market. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 10 June 2022",
"At that point, photographers had no choice but to teach their classmates how to take a selfie worthy of a yearbook portrait, directing them over Zoom how to angle their bodies and perfectly capture the light with their phones. \u2014 Laura Newberry, Los Angeles Times , 22 May 2021",
"From inspiration research to lighting diagrams, to clothing boards, to angle preferences, to toning, to image selection, to retouching and arriving at that final product. \u2014 Malik Peay, The Hollywood Reporter , 7 Mar. 2022",
"Aaron Dominguez as Oscar, Gomez\u2019s love interest, was submitted for supporting actor, and Amy Ryan as Jan, Martin\u2019s love, will angle for supporting actress. \u2014 Clayton Davis, Variety , 16 May 2022",
"Many flared designs angle the brake/shift levers into a position they weren\u2019t designed for, negating their ergonomic benefits and occasionally creating pressure points on the rider\u2019s palms. \u2014 Josh Patterson, Outside Online , 28 Sep. 2020",
"April 1\u2014April 15: The good news is that Venus\u2014the most harmonious planet of all\u2014will be entering your partnership angle on the 5th, sweetening your relationships. \u2014 Katharine Merlin, Town & Country , 1 Apr. 2022",
"At the same time, Patricia Arquette, John Turturro, Zach Cherry, Tramell Tillman and Jen Tullock will angle for supporting drama attention. \u2014 Clayton Davis, Variety , 11 Apr. 2022",
"The barrier would be offset behind the existing walls by 4 to 8 inches and angle outward slightly. \u2014 John Wilkens, San Diego Union-Tribune , 4 Feb. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Meta faces stiff competition in the AR/VR hardware race, as Apple, Alphabet, Amazon, and others angle to pioneer the market. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 10 June 2022",
"Many flared designs angle the brake/shift levers into a position they weren\u2019t designed for, negating their ergonomic benefits and occasionally creating pressure points on the rider\u2019s palms. \u2014 Josh Patterson, Outside Online , 28 Sep. 2020",
"Layered on top of each other, these sprints angle the organization towards long-term change and transformation. \u2014 Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"April 1\u2014April 15: The good news is that Venus\u2014the most harmonious planet of all\u2014will be entering your partnership angle on the 5th, sweetening your relationships. \u2014 Katharine Merlin, Town & Country , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Aaron Dominguez as Oscar, Gomez\u2019s love interest, was submitted for supporting actor, and Amy Ryan as Jan, Martin\u2019s love, will angle for supporting actress. \u2014 Clayton Davis, Variety , 16 May 2022",
"At the same time, Patricia Arquette, John Turturro, Zach Cherry, Tramell Tillman and Jen Tullock will angle for supporting drama attention. \u2014 Clayton Davis, Variety , 11 Apr. 2022",
"From inspiration research to lighting diagrams, to clothing boards, to angle preferences, to toning, to image selection, to retouching and arriving at that final product. \u2014 Malik Peay, The Hollywood Reporter , 7 Mar. 2022",
"The barrier would be offset behind the existing walls by 4 to 8 inches and angle outward slightly. \u2014 John Wilkens, San Diego Union-Tribune , 4 Feb. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin Angli , plural, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English Engle Angles":"Noun",
"Middle English anglen \"to meet at an angle,\" derivative of angle angle entry 1":"Verb",
"Middle English anglen, derivative of angel \"fishhook,\" going back to Old English angel, ongel, going back to Germanic *angula- \"hook, barb\" (whence also Old Saxon angul \"fishhook,\" Old High German, \"hook, barb,\" Old Norse \u01ebngull \"fishhook\"), going back to Indo-European *h 2 enk-ul-\u00f3-, derivative, perhaps diminutive, of a base *h 2 enk- seen also in the n-stem noun *h 2 enk-\u00f3n- (whence Old English anga \"prick, goad,\" Old High German ango \"sting, barb, door hinge,\" Greek ank\u1e53n \"bend, elbow\"), suffixed in Greek ank\u00fdlos \"bent, crooked, curved,\" and as an o-grade derivative in Greek \u00f3nkos \"barb of an arrow,\" Latin uncus \"curved at the extremities, hooked, a hook,\" and probably Sanskrit a\u1e45k\u00e1\u1e25 \"curve, hook\"; *h 2 enk- perhaps attested as a primary verb in Sanskrit \u00e1\u00f1cati, \u00e1cati \"(it) bends, curves\"":"Verb",
"Middle English, \"corner, recess, two lines extending from the same point,\" borrowed from Anglo-French angle, aungle, going back to Latin angulus \"two lines extending from the same point, corner, nook,\" going back to Indo-European *h 2 eng-lo-, *h 2 eng-elo-, whence also Old Church Slavic \u01ebg\u016dl\u016d \"corner, angle,\" Russian \u00fagol, genitive ugl\u00e1, Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian \u0215gao, \u0215gla, Armenian ankiwn, and perhaps Germanic *ankula-, *ankila- ankle":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8a\u014b-g\u0259l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"aspect",
"facet",
"hand",
"phase",
"side"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-064839",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"angriness":{
"antonyms":[
"angerless",
"delighted",
"pleased"
],
"definitions":{
": feeling or showing anger":[
"an angry crowd"
],
": indicative of or proceeding from anger":[
"angry words"
],
": painfully inflamed":[
"an angry rash"
],
": seeming to show anger or to threaten in an angry manner":[
"an angry sky"
]
},
"examples":[
"I've never seen her look so angry .",
"An angry crowd gathered outside the courthouse.",
"I was angry that he had forgotten my birthday.",
"What made you so angry ",
"He got angry when he found out about their plans.",
"He sent an angry letter to the company president.",
"They had an argument and exchanged some angry words.",
"She gave me an angry look.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Hungry people can be angry people, and the rising price of food or fuel have led to coups throughout history. \u2014 Tracy Wilkinsonstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 27 June 2022",
"Ugenti-Rita, who was armed with scissors during the attack, claims the angry rioters were trying to kick in the doors of the building, but ultimately, law enforcement was able to quell the mob with tear gas. \u2014 Fox News , 27 June 2022",
"In a major incident last year, a cyberattack on Iran's fuel distribution paralyzed gas stations across the country, leading to long lines of angry motorists. \u2014 Isabel Debre, ajc , 27 June 2022",
"The mayor\u2019s comments drew an angry rebuke from controversial FOP president John Catanzara, who said in a statement that the city\u2019s policy of canceling days off is unsustainable and harming officers\u2019 well-being. \u2014 Gregory Pratt, Chicago Tribune , 23 June 2022",
"In the ensuing weeks, several sweeps at the site devolved into angry standoffs between city workers, residents, and community activists. \u2014 Eric Lach, The New Yorker , 23 June 2022",
"But Donoghue said Rosen got angry when Clark requested a classified briefing about allegations the Chinese had internet access to U.S. voting machines through smart thermostats. \u2014 Bart Jansen, USA TODAY , 23 June 2022",
"Fake electors, angry bees, naked pictures of Mary Todd Lincoln. \u2014 Isaac Yu, Journal Sentinel , 23 June 2022",
"But as the war grinds on, what makes some Ukrainians especially angry is the lack of basic military equipment for those on the front lines. \u2014 Lauren Egan, NBC News , 23 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, \"ill-tempered, resentful, incensed, vexing,\" from anger, angre \"distress, affliction, hostile attitude, strong displeasure\" + -y -y entry 1 \u2014 more at anger entry 1":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8a\u014b-gr\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"angered",
"apoplectic",
"ballistic",
"cheesed off",
"choleric",
"enraged",
"foaming",
"fuming",
"furious",
"hopping",
"horn-mad",
"hot",
"incensed",
"indignant",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"infuriate",
"infuriated",
"irate",
"ireful",
"livid",
"mad",
"outraged",
"rabid",
"rankled",
"riled",
"riley",
"roiled",
"shirty",
"sore",
"steamed up",
"steaming",
"teed off",
"ticked",
"wrathful",
"wroth"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-233351",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"angry":{
"antonyms":[
"angerless",
"delighted",
"pleased"
],
"definitions":{
": feeling or showing anger":[
"an angry crowd"
],
": indicative of or proceeding from anger":[
"angry words"
],
": painfully inflamed":[
"an angry rash"
],
": seeming to show anger or to threaten in an angry manner":[
"an angry sky"
]
},
"examples":[
"I've never seen her look so angry .",
"An angry crowd gathered outside the courthouse.",
"I was angry that he had forgotten my birthday.",
"What made you so angry ",
"He got angry when he found out about their plans.",
"He sent an angry letter to the company president.",
"They had an argument and exchanged some angry words.",
"She gave me an angry look.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Hungry people can be angry people, and the rising price of food or fuel have led to coups throughout history. \u2014 Tracy Wilkinsonstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 27 June 2022",
"Ugenti-Rita, who was armed with scissors during the attack, claims the angry rioters were trying to kick in the doors of the building, but ultimately, law enforcement was able to quell the mob with tear gas. \u2014 Fox News , 27 June 2022",
"In a major incident last year, a cyberattack on Iran's fuel distribution paralyzed gas stations across the country, leading to long lines of angry motorists. \u2014 Isabel Debre, ajc , 27 June 2022",
"The mayor\u2019s comments drew an angry rebuke from controversial FOP president John Catanzara, who said in a statement that the city\u2019s policy of canceling days off is unsustainable and harming officers\u2019 well-being. \u2014 Gregory Pratt, Chicago Tribune , 23 June 2022",
"In the ensuing weeks, several sweeps at the site devolved into angry standoffs between city workers, residents, and community activists. \u2014 Eric Lach, The New Yorker , 23 June 2022",
"But Donoghue said Rosen got angry when Clark requested a classified briefing about allegations the Chinese had internet access to U.S. voting machines through smart thermostats. \u2014 Bart Jansen, USA TODAY , 23 June 2022",
"Fake electors, angry bees, naked pictures of Mary Todd Lincoln. \u2014 Isaac Yu, Journal Sentinel , 23 June 2022",
"But as the war grinds on, what makes some Ukrainians especially angry is the lack of basic military equipment for those on the front lines. \u2014 Lauren Egan, NBC News , 23 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, \"ill-tempered, resentful, incensed, vexing,\" from anger, angre \"distress, affliction, hostile attitude, strong displeasure\" + -y -y entry 1 \u2014 more at anger entry 1":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8a\u014b-gr\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"angered",
"apoplectic",
"ballistic",
"cheesed off",
"choleric",
"enraged",
"foaming",
"fuming",
"furious",
"hopping",
"horn-mad",
"hot",
"incensed",
"indignant",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"infuriate",
"infuriated",
"irate",
"ireful",
"livid",
"mad",
"outraged",
"rabid",
"rankled",
"riled",
"riley",
"roiled",
"shirty",
"sore",
"steamed up",
"steaming",
"teed off",
"ticked",
"wrathful",
"wroth"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-030419",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"anguish":{
"antonyms":[
"afflict",
"agonize",
"bedevil",
"beset",
"besiege",
"curse",
"excruciate",
"harrow",
"persecute",
"plague",
"rack",
"torment",
"torture"
],
"definitions":{
": extreme pain, distress, or anxiety":[
"cries of anguish",
"mental anguish"
],
": to cause to suffer anguish":[
"a heart that had been anguished with sorrow"
],
": to suffer anguish":[
"He anguished over his failure."
]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"He experienced the anguish of divorce after 10 years of marriage.",
"They watched in anguish as fire spread through the house.",
"Verb",
"she was anguished by the fear that her sons would die in the war",
"I anguished over the loss of my father for years afterwards.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"That all changes on October 1, 1989, when Sissy dies in the hospital \u2014 Harlan lets out a wild energy wave in anguish , making everything around him explode. \u2014 Maggie Fremont, EW.com , 22 June 2022",
"As fellow members spoke, Rep. Lucy McBath, D-Ga., stood alongside colleagues in solidarity, her face a study in anguish . \u2014 Donna M. Owens, NBC News , 8 June 2022",
"The deadly mass shooting at a Texas elementary school yesterday left the nation grieving and in anguish -- once again -- about gun violence in the US. \u2014 Alexandra Meeks, CNN , 25 May 2022",
"On Wednesday, their deaths united Uvalde in anguish as families began to grapple with the toll of the deadliest school massacre since the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn., 10 years ago. \u2014 New York Times , 25 May 2022",
"After all, how does one reconcile supporting a nation in anguish with the knowledge that the same nation exacts harm against you",
"But separated by more than 5,000 miles, many ethnic Ukrainians have watched in anguish as their friends and relatives suffer under wartime conditions. \u2014 oregonlive , 5 Mar. 2022",
"For the past week, fans of Stepan, a 13-year-old, black and brown striped rescue cat based in Kharkiv, Ukraine, have been in anguish . \u2014 Washington Post , 2 Mar. 2022",
"Relatives of the Lorenzos, including Crowder, are in anguish . \u2014 Jared Kofsky, ABC News , 28 Feb. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Many of you expressed sorrow and anguish over the needless death and the sheer number of mass shootings, more than 200 so far this year alone. \u2014 Christina Prignano, BostonGlobe.com , 31 May 2022",
"The characters are nearly unrecognizable, anguish on their faces, the hostility of the attack quite palpable. \u2014 Holly Jones, Variety , 9 May 2022",
"The new disclosures prompted outrage in other world capitals as well \u2013 and anguish among the Uyghur diaspora. \u2014 Deirdre Shesgreen, USA TODAY , 24 May 2022",
"Californians and all Americans join the Sacramento community in horror and anguish over this morning\u2019s mass shooting. \u2014 Jessica Flores, San Francisco Chronicle , 3 Apr. 2022",
"One decision the AMPAS board of 1953 did not have to anguish over was the selection of the host: the availability of stand-up comedian and radio and film superstar Bob Hope made life easy. \u2014 Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 Mar. 2022",
"The case has generated protests, questions about police tactics, and anguish for family and friends. \u2014 Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Once the family\u2019s home from the outing, joviality quickly gives way to anguish as it is determined that Aunt Patrizia, a victim of physical abuse, must be institutionalized. \u2014 Bob Verini, Variety , 16 Mar. 2022",
"Overcome with guilt about the fight with Kenji that preceded his death and anguish about her troubled son, Annabelle gains a great deal of weight, and her collecting and hoarding tendencies become major problems. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 16 Sep. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"13th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English angoise, angwissche, borrowed from Anglo-French anguisse, angoisse, going back to Latin angustia (usually in plural angustiae ) \"narrowness, narrow passage, limitations, straits\" (Late Latin, \"suffering, distress\"), noun derivative (with -ia -y entry 2 ), of angustus \"narrow, confined, straitened,\" probably from *angos- (whence ang\u014dr-, angor \"suffocation, anguish\") + *-to-, adjective suffix \u2014 more at anger entry 1":"Noun",
"Middle English anguisen, anguischen \"to grieve, be distressed,\" borrowed from Anglo-French anguisser, angoisser \"to distress, cause pain to, (as reflexive verb) suffer, be tormented,\" going back to Late Latin angusti\u0101re \"to compress, afflict, be in difficult circumstances,\" derivative of Latin angustia \"narrowness, straits\" \u2014 more at anguish entry 1":"Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8a\u014b-gwish"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for anguish Noun sorrow , grief , anguish , woe , regret mean distress of mind. sorrow implies a sense of loss or a sense of guilt and remorse. a family united in sorrow upon the patriarch's death grief implies poignant sorrow for an immediate cause. the inexpressible grief of the bereaved parents anguish suggests torturing grief or dread. the anguish felt by the parents of the kidnapped child woe is deep or inconsolable grief or misery. cries of woe echoed throughout the bombed city regret implies pain caused by deep disappointment, fruitless longing, or unavailing remorse. nagging regret for missed opportunities",
"synonyms":[
"affliction",
"agony",
"distress",
"excruciation",
"hurt",
"misery",
"pain",
"rack",
"strait(s)",
"torment",
"torture",
"travail",
"tribulation",
"woe"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-095229",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"anguished":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": expressing anguish : agonized":[
"anguished cries"
],
": suffering anguish : tormented":[
"the anguished martyrs"
]
},
"examples":[
"the military's explanation of the accident did nothing to console the anguished widow",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Visiting Uvalde on Sunday, Biden mourned privately for three-plus hours with anguished families. \u2014 Will Weissert, Zeke Miller, Anchorage Daily News , 3 June 2022",
"Visiting Uvalde on Sunday, Biden mourned privately for three-plus hours with anguished families. \u2014 Will Weissert And Zeke Miller, Chron , 2 June 2022",
"Visiting Uvalde on Sunday, Biden mourned privately for three-plus hours with anguished families. \u2014 Will Weissert, Chicago Tribune , 2 June 2022",
"Visiting Uvalde on Sunday, Biden mourned privately for three-plus hours with anguished families. \u2014 Will Weissert, BostonGlobe.com , 2 June 2022",
"An anguished soul-searching over Texas\u2019 gun culture and permissive gun laws is unfolding across the latest community to be shattered by a shooter\u2019s rampage. \u2014 New York Times , 29 May 2022",
"An anguished soul-searching over Texas\u2019 gun culture and permissive gun laws is unfolding across the latest community to be shattered by a shooter\u2019s rampage. \u2014 New York Times , 28 May 2022",
"By The Associated Press Lamenting a uniquely American tragedy, an anguished and angry President Joe Biden delivered an urgent call for new restrictions on firearms after a gunman shot and killed at least 19 children at a Texas elementary school. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 27 May 2022",
"From one day to the next, the advice to remain sensible and not panic sounds more and more anguished . \u2014 Emmanuel Carr\u00e8re, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1570, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English anguysched, from past participle of anguischen \"to anguish entry 2 \"":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8a\u014b-gwisht"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"aching",
"agonized",
"bemoaning",
"bewailing",
"bitter",
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"There are two more things to think about: torque and angular acceleration . \u2014 Rhett Allain, Wired , 16 Nov. 2020"
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"With a sweeping angular design and rounded lenses, the elegant frames of The Midway come in four colors. \u2014 Irene S. Levine, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
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"The Kills have come to reignite the present and reflect on their past amid the room\u2019s angular , pre-Columbian temple decor and packed dance floor. \u2014 Steve Appleford, SPIN , 21 June 2022",
"Despite its angular shape, the Raptor XC looks like any other teardrop trailer at a glance. \u2014 Bryan Hood, Robb Report , 15 Dec. 2021",
"The three machines \u2014 all angular and industrial \u2014 looked like serious business. \u2014 New York Times , 25 May 2022",
"At the dock, the Wally WHY200 looks like a soft, middle-aged version of the typically tight and angular Wallys. \u2014 Michael Verdon, Robb Report , 11 Dec. 2021",
"The teaser shows a clean, angular look with geometric wheel designs. \u2014 Caleb Miller, Car and Driver , 19 May 2022"
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"Jill Biden placed the last (edible) figurine on the display: a tiny gingerbread teacher, propped next to a stair railing made of angel-hair pasta painted with black food coloring. \u2014 Kate Bennett, CNN , 29 Nov. 2021",
"As in, Ethiopian, Indian and sushi tend to travel well; steak frites and angel-hair pasta not so much. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Apr. 2021"
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"Next, use right- angle brackets to mount the tabletop to the base. Elongate the bracket holes in the top a bit to allow for the wood to expand and contract with changes in humidity. \u2014 David Agrell, Popular Mechanics , 7 Mar. 2020",
"Next, use right- angle brackets to mount the tabletop to the base. Elongate the bracket holes in the top a bit to allow for the wood to expand and contract with changes in humidity. \u2014 David Agrell, Popular Mechanics , 7 Mar. 2020",
"Next, use right- angle brackets to mount the tabletop to the base. Elongate the bracket holes in the top a bit to allow for the wood to expand and contract with changes in humidity. \u2014 David Agrell, Popular Mechanics , 7 Mar. 2020",
"Next, use right- angle brackets to mount the tabletop to the base. Elongate the bracket holes in the top a bit to allow for the wood to expand and contract with changes in humidity. \u2014 David Agrell, Popular Mechanics , 7 Mar. 2020",
"Next, use right- angle brackets to mount the tabletop to the base. Elongate the bracket holes in the top a bit to allow for the wood to expand and contract with changes in humidity. \u2014 David Agrell, Popular Mechanics , 7 Mar. 2020",
"The structure is fastened onto the skirt of the building using angle brackets and stainless steel screws. \u2014 Timothy Dahl, Popular Mechanics , 4 Jan. 2018",
"Next, use right- angle brackets to mount the tabletop to the base. Elongate the bracket holes in the top a bit to allow for the wood to expand and contract with changes in humidity. \u2014 David Agrell, Popular Mechanics , 1 Mar. 2018",
"The structure is fastened onto the skirt of the building using angle brackets and stainless steel screws. \u2014 Timothy Dahl, Popular Mechanics , 4 Jan. 2018"
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"Puljujarvi tucked his sharp- angle shot in under the crossbar to give Edmonton a 4-0 edge 4:15 into the second, with McDavid notching the primary assist for his ninth game with three or more points this season. \u2014 Dan Greenspan, Los Angeles Times , 3 Apr. 2022",
"An autographed poster of the Phoenix Suns hung across the hall from a wide- angle shot of Arizona State\u2019s Sun Devil Stadium. \u2014 New York Times , 1 Mar. 2022",
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"Kane took a pass from Dylan Strome and waited for goalie Pavel Francouz to slide out of position before lifting a sharp- angle shot over him with six minutes left. \u2014 Phil Thompson, chicagotribune.com , 29 Jan. 2022",
"In the second period, the Canucks played keep-away until Brock Boeser deflected in Quinn Hughes\u2019 sharp- angle shot that trickled through a sliver of daylight to Marc-Andr\u00e9 Fleury\u2019s stick side. \u2014 Phil Thompson, chicagotribune.com , 1 Feb. 2022",
"Thirty seconds later, junior Maggie Pierce (Melrose) snuck in an off- angle shot along the goal line, answering quickly. \u2014 Cam Kerry, BostonGlobe.com , 15 Dec. 2021",
"Verhaeghe also put in a rebound for a 3-0 lead and Hornqvist\u2019s odd- angle shot along the goal line bounced of the mask of Sorokin and in the net with 1:47 left in the first. \u2014 Paul Gereffi, sun-sentinel.com , 16 Nov. 2021"
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"Quinapril is an angiotensin -converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor that prevents blood vessels from narrowing, while hydrochlorothiazide is a diuretic, which causes a person to urinate more and flushes out sodium in the body. \u2014 Sophie Mellor, Fortune , 23 Mar. 2022",
"The angiotensin -converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) protein, which is present on the surface of many human cells, can be mixed into chewing gum. \u2014 Abdullah Iqbal, Scientific American , 24 Feb. 2022",
"Millions of blood-pressure pills known as angiotensin II receptor blockers were recalled beginning in July 2018 after it was found their active ingredients were contaminated with NDMA as a byproduct of the manufacturing process. \u2014 Anna Edney, Bloomberg.com , 30 May 2020",
"The ape form of the angiotensin -converting enzyme 2 receptor that the new coronavirus uses to enter cells is identical to the human one, making it likely that apes can be infected, according to an 11 April preprint on bioRxiv. \u2014 Ann Gibbons, Science | AAAS , 1 May 2020",
"The spike protein attaches to a receptor on human cells called angiotensin -converting enzyme 2. \u2014 Kai Kupferschmidt, Science | AAAS , 28 Apr. 2020",
"Research has shown estrogen may have an effect on a protein known as angiotensin -converting enzyme 2 (ACE2), for example. \u2014 Roni Caryn Rabin, New York Times , 27 Apr. 2020",
"Research has shown estrogen may have an effect on a protein known as angiotensin -converting enzyme 2 (ACE2), for example. \u2014 Roni Caryn Rabin, BostonGlobe.com , 27 Apr. 2020",
"In a healthy person, the ACE2 receptor chops up two forms of a protein called angiotensin to keep blood pressure stable, among other things. \u2014 Kate Sheridan, STAT , 10 Apr. 2020"
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"Prosecutors allege that Lewis and an associate, who were both involved in the drug trade, were driving around South Boston in July 1984 searching for another drug dealer suspected of telling Bulger that Lewis\u2019s associate was selling angel dust . \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 27 May 2022",
"Friends said that before his death, Mr. Prude had begun to rely more heavily on the drug PCP, also known as angel dust , which can cause erratic behavior. \u2014 New York Times , 23 Feb. 2021",
"Police and an ambulance were called to a local restaurant around 10:30 a.m. July 26 regarding an employee whom the caller thought was on the drug known as angel dust (PCP) and was now pacing, angry and otherwise bouncing off the walls. \u2014 Thomas Jewell, cleveland , 30 July 2020",
"The research found traces of PCP \u2014 formally known as Phencyclidine but also angel dust \u2014 in 615 blood samples taken during DWI arrests between 2013 and 2018, with the typical user being black men in their 30s. \u2014 Nicole Hensley, Houston Chronicle , 12 Feb. 2020",
"The indictment says that Duncan\u2019s urine tested positive for Phencyclidine, the hallucinogenic drug also known as angel dust . \u2014 Cory Shaffer, cleveland , 4 Feb. 2020",
"Your older sister, DeLonna, was heavily into PCP, angel dust . \u2014 Doreen St. F\u00e9lix, The New Yorker , 14 Mar. 2018",
"Media: Fox5DC The lab had done a lengthy screening for a collection of unrelated drugs that included tests to detect marijuana, cocaine, an even PCP, commonly known as angel dust , KHN reported. \u2014 Jenny Deam, Houston Chronicle , 19 Feb. 2018"
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"Androgens also increase production of another protein, the angiotensin converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) receptor. \u2014 Robert F. Service, Science | AAAS , 7 July 2021",
"Another hypothesis has to do with a protein receptor called angiotensin converting enzyme -- known as ACE2 -- which is found in cells all over the body in the lungs, kidneys, blood vessels, muscles, nose and mouth. \u2014 Dr. Minali Nigam And Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN , 29 July 2020",
"Blood sugar and how the virus enters cells The new coronavirus infects cells by attaching to the surface through a receptor called the angiotensin converting enzyme 2, or ACE2. \u2014 Adam M. Brufsky, The Conversation , 22 Apr. 2020",
"The latest theory to gain steam has to do with a receptor that the virus binds to on human lung cells called the angiotensin converting enzyme II, or ACE2, receptor. \u2014 NBC News , 18 Mar. 2020",
"Further work showed that even that protein needed to be modified by an angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) to influence blood pressure. \u2014 Mark C. Fishman, STAT , 7 May 2018",
"In the group of 36,594 women who took a beta blocker, diuretic or angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor, 212 (or 0.57%) were diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. \u2014 Melissa Healy, latimes.com , 18 Apr. 2018"
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"Ideal for cast iron pipe, black or galvanized pipe, square or round tubing, angle iron , rebar, and PVC pipe, the Deep Cut Bandsaw can cut almost any material up to five inches wide. \u2014 Bradley Ford, Popular Mechanics , 21 Oct. 2021",
"Suspect is accused of killing one man and seriously injuring another with a piece of angle iron . \u2014 Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune , 12 May 2021",
"Three years ago, a boat made of metal pipe, angle iron , wood and pieces of rigid foam came ashore unoccupied in Avon. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Jan. 2020",
"After shooting him, Ngo said, Perez beat him with the handgun and then with several items in the shop, including a piece of angle iron . \u2014 David Owens, courant.com , 4 Dec. 2019",
"Welders used the angle iron to form frames for the plywood sheets, which were then bolted into place. \u2014 John D'anna, azcentral , 18 July 2019",
"Upon returning home, Chance and two companions found Thomas rebuilding the fence using angle iron and chain linking. \u2014 Cathy Locke, sacbee , 26 Apr. 2018"
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"The proud angler shared photos and video of his catch on Facebook and TikTok. \u2014 Ariana Garcia, Chron , 23 June 2022",
"It was caught on an unweighted nightcrawler by a shore angler . \u2014 cleveland , 27 Jan. 2022",
"Pitts, noted as a crappie guide as well as a pro-bass angler , can be contacted for trips on Weiss and Neely Henry lakes at www.pittsoutdoors.com. \u2014 Frank Sargeant, al , 29 Sep. 2021",
"Northern snakeheads were first seen in the spring of 2002 when an angler hooked one in a swampy pond behind a shopping center in Crofton. \u2014 Jason Nark, Washington Post , 17 May 2022",
"The show's eight-year run on ESPN 2 from 2001-2009 allowed Fischer to do more than demonstrate his expertise as an angler . \u2014 Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal , 12 May 2022",
"The occasional angler could be seen casting a line into the freshwater, while children played on the shore. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Get the scoop: Subscribe to the Courier Journal's high school sports newsletter To be considered, an angler must be nominated. \u2014 J.l. Kirven, The Courier-Journal , 21 Apr. 2022",
"The ice picks \u2014 usually a large wooden dowel with a nail inserted in one end \u2014 lets an angler who\u2019s broken through the ice to pull himself from the water. \u2014 D'arcy Egan, cleveland , 10 Feb. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Meanwhile, the battery pack is also equipped with an accelerometer and gyroscope to track things like speed and angular velocity , plus a Bluetooth radio chip that sends all that information to an app. \u2014 Outside Online , 20 May 2022",
"QubeSat is flying to demonstrate quantum gyroscopes to measure angular velocity . \u2014 Richard Tribou, orlandosentinel.com , 10 Feb. 2022",
"QubeSat is flying to demonstrate quantum gyroscopes to measure angular velocity . \u2014 Richard Tribou, orlandosentinel.com , 10 Feb. 2022",
"The slope of this data will be the angular velocity . \u2014 Rhett Allain, Wired , 14 May 2021",
"QubeSat is flying to demonstrate quantum gyroscopes to measure angular velocity . \u2014 Richard Tribou, orlandosentinel.com , 10 Feb. 2022",
"Angular momentum is the product of the angular velocity and the moment of inertia. \u2014 Rhett Allain, Wired , 26 July 2021",
"QubeSat is flying to demonstrate quantum gyroscopes to measure angular velocity . \u2014 Richard Tribou, orlandosentinel.com , 10 Feb. 2022",
"QubeSat is flying to demonstrate quantum gyroscopes to measure angular velocity . \u2014 Richard Tribou, orlandosentinel.com , 10 Feb. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Pacific footballfish is a large but rarely encountered deep-sea anglerfish known from only 31 specimens recovered worldwide. \u2014 David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune , 19 May 2022",
"An ultra-rare, bizarre anglerfish that washed ashore near San Diego is California\u2019s third this year. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 17 Dec. 2021",
"The finding comes just a week after a Pacific footballfish -- a deep-sea anglerfish much rarer than the lancetfish -- washed up about three miles away on Black's Beach. \u2014 Lauren M. Johnson, CNN , 3 Dec. 2021",
"How the anglerfish ended up washing ashore on the California beach is unknown. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 13 May 2021",
"Due to their large mouths, anglerfish are capable of swallowing prey as large as themselves, with their angular teeth preventing any potential food from escaping. \u2014 Priya Shukla, Forbes , 20 May 2021",
"Last week, an anglerfish , also known as a footballfish, washed ashore at the Crystal Cove State Park in Newport Beach. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 13 May 2021",
"Post looked at the photo of the fish posted on the Facebook page of Davey\u2019s Sportfishing & Whale Watching, and also confirmed that there are species of footballfish and anglerfish in Florida\u2019s coastal waters as well. \u2014 Chris Perkins, sun-sentinel.com , 10 May 2021",
"Smithsonian and Duke University scientists found ultra-black fishes\u2014like the Pacific blackdragon, the anglerfish and the black swallower\u2014have a special arrangement of black pigments within their skin that absorb at least 99.5 percent of light. \u2014 Danielle Hall, Smithsonian Magazine , 17 Dec. 2020"
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"angler + fish entry 1 ; so called from the lure-like luminescent organ that extends from the tip of a modified dorsal fin in females":""
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"1834, in the meaning defined above":""
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"Up to 1 percent of the volume of the cask can be lost each year through evaporation, sometimes called the angel's share .",
"\u2014 James Suckling , Wine Spectator , 30 Apr. 1992"
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"December's the darkest month with the darkest day, Dec. 21, the winter solstice when our star is at its greatest angular distance south of the equator.",
"\u2014 Ray Murphy , Boston Globe , 1 Dec. 1988"
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": to turn, move, or direct at an angle":[
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"Noun (1)",
"The lines are at sharp angles to each other.",
"Critics love the clever camera angles the director used in the film.",
"She took pictures of the same scene from several different angles .",
"The soldiers were being attacked from every angle .",
"We need to approach the problem from a new angle .",
"They considered the question from all angles .",
"The reporter tried to work that angle into his story.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Republicans are pushing a bigger point: As financial technology start-ups angle to compete with traditional banks, the Fed needs to explain its standards for doling out access to its payment rails. \u2014 Tory Newmyer, Washington Post , 3 July 2022",
"Mars enters your relationship angle for the rest of July on the 5th and this means that others are likely to be a bit more feisty, testing your ability not to overreact. \u2014 Katharine Merlin, Town & Country , 1 July 2022",
"Your upper arm angle should now hit about 90 degrees. \u2014 Jeff Tomko, Men's Health , 23 June 2022",
"Nowadays, most serious golfers are heavily dialed into data, fixating over their launch angle , club speed, spin rate and other key metrics launch monitors spit out. \u2014 Mike Dojc, Forbes , 22 June 2022",
"That is your angle for foul balls from right-handed batters. \u2014 Marc Bona, cleveland , 10 May 2022",
"So my angle was more the names and also making fun of myself. \u2014 Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter , 6 May 2022",
"Last season, Sanmartin lowered his arm angle , developed his changeup and saw his strikeout rate spike. \u2014 Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer , 28 Mar. 2022",
"But the former Defensive Player of the Year slides his feet and cuts off his angle to the rim. \u2014 C.j. Holmes, San Francisco Chronicle , 15 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Also, vaccines made by two manufacturers, Moderna and Pfizer, may be authorized at the same time, leaving parents with a decision about whether to angle for one over the other. \u2014 Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune , 15 June 2022",
"Meta faces stiff competition in the AR/VR hardware race, as Apple, Alphabet, Amazon, and others angle to pioneer the market. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 10 June 2022",
"At that point, photographers had no choice but to teach their classmates how to take a selfie worthy of a yearbook portrait, directing them over Zoom how to angle their bodies and perfectly capture the light with their phones. \u2014 Laura Newberry, Los Angeles Times , 22 May 2021",
"From inspiration research to lighting diagrams, to clothing boards, to angle preferences, to toning, to image selection, to retouching and arriving at that final product. \u2014 Malik Peay, The Hollywood Reporter , 7 Mar. 2022",
"Aaron Dominguez as Oscar, Gomez\u2019s love interest, was submitted for supporting actor, and Amy Ryan as Jan, Martin\u2019s love, will angle for supporting actress. \u2014 Clayton Davis, Variety , 16 May 2022",
"Many flared designs angle the brake/shift levers into a position they weren\u2019t designed for, negating their ergonomic benefits and occasionally creating pressure points on the rider\u2019s palms. \u2014 Josh Patterson, Outside Online , 28 Sep. 2020",
"April 1\u2014April 15: The good news is that Venus\u2014the most harmonious planet of all\u2014will be entering your partnership angle on the 5th, sweetening your relationships. \u2014 Katharine Merlin, Town & Country , 1 Apr. 2022",
"At the same time, Patricia Arquette, John Turturro, Zach Cherry, Tramell Tillman and Jen Tullock will angle for supporting drama attention. \u2014 Clayton Davis, Variety , 11 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"In addition to seeking love for outstanding comedy series, stars Jeremy Renner and Hailee Steinfeld will angle for lead actor and lead actress consideration. \u2014 Clayton Davis, Variety , 2 June 2022",
"Meta faces stiff competition in the AR/VR hardware race, as Apple, Alphabet, Amazon, and others angle to pioneer the market. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 10 June 2022",
"Many flared designs angle the brake/shift levers into a position they weren\u2019t designed for, negating their ergonomic benefits and occasionally creating pressure points on the rider\u2019s palms. \u2014 Josh Patterson, Outside Online , 28 Sep. 2020",
"Layered on top of each other, these sprints angle the organization towards long-term change and transformation. \u2014 Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"April 1\u2014April 15: The good news is that Venus\u2014the most harmonious planet of all\u2014will be entering your partnership angle on the 5th, sweetening your relationships. \u2014 Katharine Merlin, Town & Country , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Aaron Dominguez as Oscar, Gomez\u2019s love interest, was submitted for supporting actor, and Amy Ryan as Jan, Martin\u2019s love, will angle for supporting actress. \u2014 Clayton Davis, Variety , 16 May 2022",
"At the same time, Patricia Arquette, John Turturro, Zach Cherry, Tramell Tillman and Jen Tullock will angle for supporting drama attention. \u2014 Clayton Davis, Variety , 11 Apr. 2022",
"From inspiration research to lighting diagrams, to clothing boards, to angle preferences, to toning, to image selection, to retouching and arriving at that final product. \u2014 Malik Peay, The Hollywood Reporter , 7 Mar. 2022"
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"Middle English, \"corner, recess, two lines extending from the same point,\" borrowed from Anglo-French angle, aungle, going back to Latin angulus \"two lines extending from the same point, corner, nook,\" going back to Indo-European *h 2 eng-lo-, *h 2 eng-elo-, whence also Old Church Slavic \u01ebg\u016dl\u016d \"corner, angle,\" Russian \u00fagol, genitive ugl\u00e1, Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian \u0215gao, \u0215gla, Armenian ankiwn, and perhaps Germanic *ankula-, *ankila- ankle":"Noun",
"Middle English anglen \"to meet at an angle,\" derivative of angle angle entry 1":"Verb",
"Middle English anglen, derivative of angel \"fishhook,\" going back to Old English angel, ongel, going back to Germanic *angula- \"hook, barb\" (whence also Old Saxon angul \"fishhook,\" Old High German, \"hook, barb,\" Old Norse \u01ebngull \"fishhook\"), going back to Indo-European *h 2 enk-ul-\u00f3-, derivative, perhaps diminutive, of a base *h 2 enk- seen also in the n-stem noun *h 2 enk-\u00f3n- (whence Old English anga \"prick, goad,\" Old High German ango \"sting, barb, door hinge,\" Greek ank\u1e53n \"bend, elbow\"), suffixed in Greek ank\u00fdlos \"bent, crooked, curved,\" and as an o-grade derivative in Greek \u00f3nkos \"barb of an arrow,\" Latin uncus \"curved at the extremities, hooked, a hook,\" and probably Sanskrit a\u1e45k\u00e1\u1e25 \"curve, hook\"; *h 2 enk- perhaps attested as a primary verb in Sanskrit \u00e1\u00f1cati, \u00e1cati \"(it) bends, curves\"":"Verb",
"Latin Angli , plural, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English Engle Angles":"Noun"
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"\u02cc\u00e4\u014b-g\u0259-\u02c8r\u00e4",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Scrolling below us was a mesmerizing, diaphanous panorama of rainbow parrotfish and blue angelfish darting in and out of the reef. \u2014 Tom Vanderbilt, Outside Online , 2 July 2019",
"Species represented include the Bluespine unicorn fish, multiple species of pufferfish and angelfish . \u2014 Emily Deletter, The Enquirer , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Divers and snorkelers will find spotted eagle rays dancing through the water, colorful angelfish fluttering over corals, and schools of silvery baitfish flashing past. \u2014 Judy Koutsky, Forbes , 20 Jan. 2022",
"Allow for at least three hours to enjoy everything from smoked angelfish to barbecued mackerel and even kreef, South Africa's spiny lobster. \u2014 Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure , 5 Aug. 2021",
"Blue tang and angelfish glided by a cushion starfish. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 June 2021",
"Snorkel with sea life from angelfish to rays, learn about otters and marmosets in the Freshwater Oasis, feed birds inside the Explorer\u2019s Aviary, learn about animal ambassadors passing by, take a dip in Serenity Bay or float around Wind-Away River. \u2014 Kathleen Christiansen, orlandosentinel.com , 20 Dec. 2020",
"The queue doubles as an aquarium, and riders follow a twisting route through tanks filled with angelfish , tetras, seahorses, an octopus and seven varieties of rays. \u2014 Lauren Weber, WSJ , 14 June 2019",
"After switching over to famed Route 1, snorkel among the angelfish at John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park and dive to a Spanish shipwreck at Cannon Beach. \u2014 The Editors, Outside Online , 10 June 2019"
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"Noun (1)",
"The lines are at sharp angles to each other.",
"Critics love the clever camera angles the director used in the film.",
"She took pictures of the same scene from several different angles .",
"The soldiers were being attacked from every angle .",
"We need to approach the problem from a new angle .",
"They considered the question from all angles .",
"The reporter tried to work that angle into his story.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Republicans are pushing a bigger point: As financial technology start-ups angle to compete with traditional banks, the Fed needs to explain its standards for doling out access to its payment rails. \u2014 Tory Newmyer, Washington Post , 3 July 2022",
"Mars enters your relationship angle for the rest of July on the 5th and this means that others are likely to be a bit more feisty, testing your ability not to overreact. \u2014 Katharine Merlin, Town & Country , 1 July 2022",
"Your upper arm angle should now hit about 90 degrees. \u2014 Jeff Tomko, Men's Health , 23 June 2022",
"Nowadays, most serious golfers are heavily dialed into data, fixating over their launch angle , club speed, spin rate and other key metrics launch monitors spit out. \u2014 Mike Dojc, Forbes , 22 June 2022",
"That is your angle for foul balls from right-handed batters. \u2014 Marc Bona, cleveland , 10 May 2022",
"So my angle was more the names and also making fun of myself. \u2014 Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter , 6 May 2022",
"Last season, Sanmartin lowered his arm angle , developed his changeup and saw his strikeout rate spike. \u2014 Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer , 28 Mar. 2022",
"But the former Defensive Player of the Year slides his feet and cuts off his angle to the rim. \u2014 C.j. Holmes, San Francisco Chronicle , 15 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Also, vaccines made by two manufacturers, Moderna and Pfizer, may be authorized at the same time, leaving parents with a decision about whether to angle for one over the other. \u2014 Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune , 15 June 2022",
"Meta faces stiff competition in the AR/VR hardware race, as Apple, Alphabet, Amazon, and others angle to pioneer the market. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 10 June 2022",
"At that point, photographers had no choice but to teach their classmates how to take a selfie worthy of a yearbook portrait, directing them over Zoom how to angle their bodies and perfectly capture the light with their phones. \u2014 Laura Newberry, Los Angeles Times , 22 May 2021",
"From inspiration research to lighting diagrams, to clothing boards, to angle preferences, to toning, to image selection, to retouching and arriving at that final product. \u2014 Malik Peay, The Hollywood Reporter , 7 Mar. 2022",
"Aaron Dominguez as Oscar, Gomez\u2019s love interest, was submitted for supporting actor, and Amy Ryan as Jan, Martin\u2019s love, will angle for supporting actress. \u2014 Clayton Davis, Variety , 16 May 2022",
"Many flared designs angle the brake/shift levers into a position they weren\u2019t designed for, negating their ergonomic benefits and occasionally creating pressure points on the rider\u2019s palms. \u2014 Josh Patterson, Outside Online , 28 Sep. 2020",
"April 1\u2014April 15: The good news is that Venus\u2014the most harmonious planet of all\u2014will be entering your partnership angle on the 5th, sweetening your relationships. \u2014 Katharine Merlin, Town & Country , 1 Apr. 2022",
"At the same time, Patricia Arquette, John Turturro, Zach Cherry, Tramell Tillman and Jen Tullock will angle for supporting drama attention. \u2014 Clayton Davis, Variety , 11 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"In addition to seeking love for outstanding comedy series, stars Jeremy Renner and Hailee Steinfeld will angle for lead actor and lead actress consideration. \u2014 Clayton Davis, Variety , 2 June 2022",
"Meta faces stiff competition in the AR/VR hardware race, as Apple, Alphabet, Amazon, and others angle to pioneer the market. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 10 June 2022",
"Many flared designs angle the brake/shift levers into a position they weren\u2019t designed for, negating their ergonomic benefits and occasionally creating pressure points on the rider\u2019s palms. \u2014 Josh Patterson, Outside Online , 28 Sep. 2020",
"Layered on top of each other, these sprints angle the organization towards long-term change and transformation. \u2014 Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"April 1\u2014April 15: The good news is that Venus\u2014the most harmonious planet of all\u2014will be entering your partnership angle on the 5th, sweetening your relationships. \u2014 Katharine Merlin, Town & Country , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Aaron Dominguez as Oscar, Gomez\u2019s love interest, was submitted for supporting actor, and Amy Ryan as Jan, Martin\u2019s love, will angle for supporting actress. \u2014 Clayton Davis, Variety , 16 May 2022",
"At the same time, Patricia Arquette, John Turturro, Zach Cherry, Tramell Tillman and Jen Tullock will angle for supporting drama attention. \u2014 Clayton Davis, Variety , 11 Apr. 2022",
"From inspiration research to lighting diagrams, to clothing boards, to angle preferences, to toning, to image selection, to retouching and arriving at that final product. \u2014 Malik Peay, The Hollywood Reporter , 7 Mar. 2022"
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"Middle English, \"corner, recess, two lines extending from the same point,\" borrowed from Anglo-French angle, aungle, going back to Latin angulus \"two lines extending from the same point, corner, nook,\" going back to Indo-European *h 2 eng-lo-, *h 2 eng-elo-, whence also Old Church Slavic \u01ebg\u016dl\u016d \"corner, angle,\" Russian \u00fagol, genitive ugl\u00e1, Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian \u0215gao, \u0215gla, Armenian ankiwn, and perhaps Germanic *ankula-, *ankila- ankle":"Noun",
"Middle English anglen \"to meet at an angle,\" derivative of angle angle entry 1":"Verb",
"Middle English anglen, derivative of angel \"fishhook,\" going back to Old English angel, ongel, going back to Germanic *angula- \"hook, barb\" (whence also Old Saxon angul \"fishhook,\" Old High German, \"hook, barb,\" Old Norse \u01ebngull \"fishhook\"), going back to Indo-European *h 2 enk-ul-\u00f3-, derivative, perhaps diminutive, of a base *h 2 enk- seen also in the n-stem noun *h 2 enk-\u00f3n- (whence Old English anga \"prick, goad,\" Old High German ango \"sting, barb, door hinge,\" Greek ank\u1e53n \"bend, elbow\"), suffixed in Greek ank\u00fdlos \"bent, crooked, curved,\" and as an o-grade derivative in Greek \u00f3nkos \"barb of an arrow,\" Latin uncus \"curved at the extremities, hooked, a hook,\" and probably Sanskrit a\u1e45k\u00e1\u1e25 \"curve, hook\"; *h 2 enk- perhaps attested as a primary verb in Sanskrit \u00e1\u00f1cati, \u00e1cati \"(it) bends, curves\"":"Verb",
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
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"1879, in the meaning defined above":""
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"noun,"
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"\u2014 compare pyrenocarpic":[
"the acorn in its cupule is an angiocarpous fruit"
],
": having the hymenium enclosed or immersed in the thallus":[
"\u2014 used of some lichens and fungi"
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"\u2014 used of some lichens and fungi"
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"angi- + -carpous, -carpic":""
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"1821, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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": angle of roll":[]
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"1913, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-015237"
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"type":[
"noun"
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": the speed element of angular velocity":[]
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"first_known_use":{
"1839, in the meaning defined above":""
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"angle of elevation":{
"type":[
"noun",
"noun phrase"
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"definitions":{
": the angle formed by the line of sight and the horizontal plane for an object above the horizontal":[]
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"first_known_use":{
"1686, in the meaning defined above":""
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": hercules'-club sense 1":[]
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"first_known_use":{
"1727, in the meaning defined above":""
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": an enriched corner bead often having a capital or base or both":[]
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"first_known_use":{
"1834, in the meaning defined above":""
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"noun",
"verb"
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": an angular position, formation, or shape":[]
},
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"\u02cca\u014b-gy\u0259-\u02c8l\u0101-sh\u0259n"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For instance, a skier/snowboarder may learn the physics behind the power generated out of a turn or the principles of edge angulation . \u2014 Pat Graham, The Denver Post , 16 July 2020",
"If there\u2019s visible angulation , and you\u2019ve been trained in wilderness first aid, Tarter recommends attempting to put the extremity back in its normal anatomical alignment. \u2014 Alisha Mcdarris, Popular Science , 11 Feb. 2020"
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"1812, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"noun"
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": an essential oil that has a musky odor and is obtained usually from the roots but sometimes the seeds of angelica and is used chiefly for its medicinal properties or as a flavoring agent especially in making liqueurs and confections":[]
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"first_known_use":{
"1874, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-024830"
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"angle of roll":{
"type":[],
"definitions":{
": the angle through which an airplane must be rotated about its longitudinal axis to bring its lateral axis into a horizontal plane, being positive when the left wing is higher than the right":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1913, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-030317"
},
"angiocardiography":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the radiographic visualization of the heart and its blood vessels after injection of a radiopaque substance":[]
"borrowed from Spanish angio-cardiograf\u00eda, from angio- angio- + cardiograf\u00eda cardiography":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1938, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-032207"
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"noun"
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": one of a group of mid-20th century British authors whose works express the bitterness of the lower classes toward the established sociopolitical system and toward the mediocrity and hypocrisy of the middle and upper classes":[]
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"His spartan existence on the casino trail is shattered when he is approached by Cirk, a vulnerable and angry young man seeking help to execute his plan for revenge on a military colonel. \u2014 Travis Bean, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"To understand the gap between how Nitram saw himself versus how others perceived the inarticulate, angry young man , Kurzel assigned Jones tasks: film himself with a video camera, doodle in a diary. \u2014 New York Times , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Moses\u2019s outfit is darker and dirtier, which is a spot-on look for this angry young man . \u2014 Marilyn Stasio, Variety , 22 Aug. 2021",
"Fellow student Thomas has graduated into an angry young man , critical of his father and overbearing toward his sister. \u2014 Malcolm Forbes Special To The Star Tribune, Star Tribune , 18 Dec. 2020",
"The abused 8-year-old is suddenly the blas\u00e9 college student; the angry young man is soon the emotional dropout, nearly as bad as his father and halfway pickled in gin. \u2014 Jesse Green, New York Times , 6 Sep. 2020",
"The shooting Friday evening sparked protests in Mogadishu that continued Saturday with crowds of angry young men burning tires and demanding justice. \u2014 Chronicle Staff, SFChronicle.com , 26 Apr. 2020",
"At the time, however, critics and listeners mostly found the band insane\u2014four angry young men brazenly wrecking themselves in service of who knows what. \u2014 Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker , 26 Aug. 2019",
"Amid the punk and emerging New Wave scene of the late \u201970s \u2014 characterized by spiky hair, clothespins, low-slung guitars and leather jackets, torn T-shirts and angry young men \u2014 the B-52s arrived to the party in seeming Technicolor. \u2014 Hector Saldana, ExpressNews.com , 14 Aug. 2019"
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"first_known_use":{
"1951, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-032820"
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"angular momentum":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a vector quantity that is a measure of the rotational momentum of a rotating body or system, that is equal in classical physics to the product of the angular velocity of the body or system and its moment of inertia with respect to the rotation axis, and that is directed along the rotation axis":[]
},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"So arm swing isn\u2019t the only way of balancing angular momentum , but it\u2019s the simplest and most obvious one. \u2014 Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online , 18 Apr. 2022",
"The standard answer is that arm swing counteracts the angular momentum \u2014that is, the body\u2019s twisting back and forth\u2014produced by the motion of the legs. \u2014 Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online , 18 Apr. 2022",
"The ball\u2019s initial position, its kinetic energy, its angular momentum \u2013 and all the other factors: the friction acting on the ball, the ricketiness of the table, the crookedness of the house. \u2014 Katie Hafner, Scientific American , 31 Mar. 2022",
"The first element a skater must control is angular momentum . \u2014 Allison Goldstein, Popular Mechanics , 4 Feb. 2022",
"With a push in the opposite direction, the angular momentum decreases. \u2014 Rhett Allain, Wired , 24 Sep. 2021",
"This suggests that the tail played an important role in controlling angular momentum , or the momentum of a rotating object. \u2014 Yasemin Saplakoglu, Scientific American , 22 Sep. 2021",
"Other conservation laws apply to angular momentum and charge. \u2014 John Horgan, Scientific American , 27 Sep. 2021",
"That means that her angular momentum must remain constant. \u2014 Rhett Allain, Wired , 26 July 2021"
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"first_known_use":{
"1817, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-035527"
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"Angiospermae":{
"type":[
"plural noun"
],
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": a class of Pteropsida or in some classifications a subdivision of Spermatophyta comprising seed plants (as orchids or roses) that produce seeds enclosed in an ovary, including the vast majority of seed plants, and being divided into the subclasses Dicotyledoneae and Monocotyledoneae \u2014 compare filicineae , gymnospermae":[]
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"New Latin, from angi- + -spermae":""
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"1831, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-052940"
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"angle of climb":{
"type":[],
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": the angle between the horizontal and the flight path of a climbing airplane":[]
},
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"first_known_use":{
"1911, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-071700"
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"angst":{
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"noun",
"verb"
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"\"\u2026 all that time spent agonizing, angsting , and wasted in so many ways, feeling crappy and not writing \u2026 .\"",
"\u2014 Zsuzsi Gartner",
"And there was a whiff of \"first-world problems\" about two not particularly likeable characters angsting to each other in a trendy-looking gastropub.",
"\u2014 Jeff Robson",
"\u2014 often used with over or about Yet now we have a Superman who angsts about not having human connections (his marriage to Lois never happened now) and mopes around quite a bit. \u2014 Corrina Lawson We boomers have moved on to mortgages and taxes, angsting over our teenagers and tending to the first signs of ailments apt to drag us down more quickly than we'd like to admit. \u2014 Robert Benjamin"
]
},
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"\u02c8a\u014b(k)st",
"\u02c8\u00e4\u014b(k)st"
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"Noun",
"The winner of France's prestigious Prix de Flore, \"Report on Myself\" is a study in raw angst and mortifying self-disclosure: a portrait of the artist as a lover who just can't catch a break. \u2014 Caroline Weber , New York Times Book Review , 15 Feb. 2009",
"Adapting Alicia Erian's novel, writer-director Alan Ball showcases both the knack for sketching out thorny relationships that distinguished Six Feet Under and the impulse for \u2026 suburban angst that befouled his script for American Beauty. \u2014 Troy Patterson , Spin , September 2008",
"The retail category, of course, has been a source of angst among newspapers for some time. Retail ad volume in papers has declined for much of the past 15 years, according to Merrill Lynch research. \u2014 Lucia Moses et al. , Editor & Publisher , 8 Oct. 2001",
"One way to increase these health benefits is to learn how to write more fluidly and with less angst and frustration. When you're engaged with what you're doing, the rest of the world recedes. \u2014 Susan H. Perry , Psychology Today , November/December 2001",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"There is a lot of angst about the meaning of sentience and the meaning of consciousness. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"Berry indicated the Mayfield situation isn\u2019t causing him a lot of angst . \u2014 cleveland , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Thus, the triumphant guts of this symphony, especially in its first movement, feel beset by a cramp of angst , which makes its relentless reaching for higher ground only more impactful. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 Apr. 2022",
"And there\u2019s been a lot of angst about Biden\u2019s comment. \u2014 Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker , 29 Mar. 2022",
"After four-plus years of angst , dozens of players considered and seven months\u2019 worth of World Cup qualifiers, the equation for the U.S. men is now very simple. \u2014 Nancy Armour, USA TODAY , 26 Mar. 2022",
"The company\u2019s position remains a source of angst for a number of its Ukraine employees. \u2014 New York Times , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Salda\u00f1a said the vacation rental rules haven\u2019t satisfied many residents and that the pathway to achieving a street vendor compromise included Campbell and other San Diego officials stirring up lots of angst across the city. \u2014 David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune , 23 Mar. 2022",
"Their differing levels of angst subsided when Michigan's name appeared on the television broadcast and were quickly replaced by the idea that U-M had been given another chance, a new season, as Howard described it. \u2014 Michael Cohen, Detroit Free Press , 13 Mar. 2022"
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"borrowed from German Angst, going back to Middle High German angest, going back to Old High German angust \"distress, worry, anxiety,\" going back to West Germanic *angusti- (whence also Old Frisian ongesta, ongosta \"anxiety, danger,\" Middle Dutch anxt, anxte ), derivative, with a noun suffix *-ti- or *-sti-, of the Germanic base *angu- seen in Old English enge \"narrow,\" ange \"distressing,\" Old High German ango \"anxious\" \u2014 more at anger entry 1":"Noun",
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": the French language used in medieval England":[]
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"1827, in the meaning defined above":""
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"angelica lactone":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": either of two lactones C 5 H 6 O 2 related to angelic acid":[]
},
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"first_known_use":{
"1885, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-083646"
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"angle beam":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a beam in which one part (as a flange) is at an angle with another":[]
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"first_known_use":{
"1839, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-084956"
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"type":[
"plural noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a people in northern Assam, India":[]
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"\u02c8a\u014bk\u0259"
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"first_known_use":{
"1868, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-100347"
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"Angeleno":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"\u2014 John Herbers"
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},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccan-j\u0259-\u02c8l\u0113-(\u02cc)n\u014d"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"American Spanish angele\u00f1o , from Los Angeles , California":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1857, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-104214"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": red rice sense 1":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8a\u014b\u02cckak"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from Southern Min Chinese \u00e2ng-khak (Peh-oe-ji Romanization), from \u00e2ng \"red\" + khak \"brewer's yeast\"":""
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"1895, in the meaning defined above":""
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"angster":{
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"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a Swiss minor coin of copper issued in various cantons from the 15th to the 19th centuries":[]
},
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"\u02c8\u00e4\u014bzte(r)"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"German, from Middle High German, from Medieval Latin angustus thin, from Latin, narrow":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1811, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-105912"
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"angle bead":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a corner bead set vertically at the meeting of two walls":[]
},
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"first_known_use":{
"1799, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-121814"
},
"angustisellate":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": having sutures in which there are a prominent ventral saddle, deep lateral lobes, and deep umbilical saddles":[
"\u2014 used of a stage in the development of the ammonoid shell"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
"angusti- + sellate":""
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"first_known_use":{
"1884, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-121923"
},
"angklung":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a percussion instrument of Indonesia and Malaysia consisting of a frame holding vertical bamboo tubes of different lengths and pitches which are struck with mallets or shaken":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u00e4\u014b-\u02cckl\u00fc\u014b"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from Javanese or Sundanese angklung (phonetically a\u014bklu\u014b ); ankloung borrowed from French, borrowed from Dutch ankloeng , borrowed from Javanese or Sundanese":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1820, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-122222"
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"noun"
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": an English gold coin issued from 1470 to 1619 that was worth half an angel":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u00a6\u0101nj\u0259\u00a6let"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Middle French, from Old French, little angel, from Old French angele angel + -et":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-122808"
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"type":[
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"noun"
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": any of various English dances (such as the hornpipe and contredanse) that became popular in Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries":[],
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": breaded":[
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},
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02c8)\u00e4\u207f\u00a6-",
"\"",
"(\u02c8)\u00e4\u014b\u00a6gl\u0101z",
"(\u02c8)a\u014b\u00a6-"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"French, from feminine of anglais English, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English englisc English":"Noun",
"French ( \u00e0 la ) anglaise in the English manner; anglaise , feminine of anglais English":"Adjective"
},
"first_known_use":{
"1843, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"circa 1942, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-123525"
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"angle of incidence":{
"type":[
"noun",
"noun phrase"
],
"definitions":{
": the angle that a line (such as a ray of light) falling on a surface or interface makes with the normal drawn at the point of incidence":[]
},
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
"1626, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-125612"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": rotation sense 1a":[]
},
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The team found that, as with the outer seed coat in modern angiosperm seeds, the cupule tissue curved around the developing seeds. \u2014 Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS , 26 May 2021",
"The new angiosperm was named Gansufructus saligna, and all the fossil specimens were collected from the grayish green mudstone of the upper Zhonggou Formation, dating back to 112 million years ago. \u2014 David Bressan, Forbes , 24 May 2021",
"Mushrooms are to fungi what flowers are to angiosperms (plants that produce seeds). \u2014 oregonlive , 22 Nov. 2019",
"Perhaps the answer has been so elusive because those scientists have usually focused on the physiological traits that set the angiosperms apart from their relatives. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 16 June 2019",
"In fact, by following the family trees of the flowering plants back to their base, researchers have determined that the very first angiosperms had small genomes. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 16 June 2019",
"The oldest and biggest angiosperm trees in the world, the African baobabs, are dying or already dead, an international team of scientists has found. \u2014 Amina Khan, latimes.com , 11 June 2018"
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"The formula utilizes Japanese angelica root as its effective yet gentle dark-spot-reducing agent. \u2014 Sarah Han, Allure , 16 Sep. 2021",
"The formula utilizes Japanese angelica root as its powerful dark-spot-reducing agent. \u2014 Nykia Spradley, Allure , 8 June 2021",
"This results in pleasant cereal notes that act as a backdrop for juniper and any other botanicals the distiller chooses to include, which can vary wildly (orange leaf, celery seed, cinnamon, coriander, angelica , hundreds more). \u2014 Al Culliton, Bon App\u00e9tit , 23 May 2020",
"Plant angelica , coreopsis, dill, fennel, and yarrow to attract them. \u2014 The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping , 11 May 2016",
"Orange Blossom mixes with water lily, orris, and balsamic vetiver for a sharp and fresh floral scent while Tuberose Angelica is a richer cologne that blends white florals and angelica with warmer notes of amberwood. \u2014 Sunhee Grinnell, Vanities , 26 Jan. 2018",
"Case in point: The new well line Street Pumas, custom-distilled in Spain with juniper, coriander, angelica , lemon peel, sweet orange peel, and bitter orange peel, blows the cheap stuff out of the water. \u2014 John Debary, Bloomberg.com , 22 Dec. 2017",
"After dancing, guests enjoyed a meal of angelica greens and classic Savannah shrimp and grits. \u2014 Gillian Hearst Simonds, Town & Country , 3 Jan. 2013",
"Orange Blossom mixes with water lily, orris, and balsamic vetiver for a sharp and fresh floral scent while Tuberose Angelica is a richer cologne that blends white florals and angelica with warmer notes of amberwood. \u2014 Sunhee Grinnell, Vanities , 19 June 2017"
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"See Nacho's painstaking preparation to substitute Hector's angina medication with placebos, for example. \u2014 Jon O'brien, The Week , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Her mother has Parkinson\u2019s and dementia, and her father has diabetes and angina . \u2014 Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times , 12 Mar. 2021",
"Many people who suffer from exertional angina are now sitting at home rather than climbing the subway stairs every day, and the threshold of discomfort that would drive them to seek care is likely far higher. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 19 Apr. 2020",
"One out of five patients who had daily or weekly chest pain became angina -free within one year with drug therapy, but that rose to one out of two with the invasive strategy. \u2014 Claudia Wallis, Scientific American , 14 Feb. 2020",
"That finding suggests that people prone to angina might want to opt for a procedure. \u2014 Claudia Wallis, Scientific American , 14 Feb. 2020",
"Where the procedures did outshine drugs was in reducing chest pain, or angina . \u2014 Claudia Wallis, Scientific American , 14 Feb. 2020",
"An angina medication with a side effect of erections became Viagra. \u2014 Eric Boodman, STAT , 10 Feb. 2020",
"According to the Mayo Clinic, angina is chest pain that is caused by a reduced blood flow to the heart. \u2014 Hannah Yasharoff, USA TODAY , 28 Nov. 2019"
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"\u02c8a\u014b-str\u0259m also \u02c8\u022f\u014b-",
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"In the best cases, researchers can now make maps with resolutions below 2 angstroms , putting cryo-EM on par with crystallography. \u2014 Eric Hand, Science | AAAS , 23 Jan. 2020",
"The technique allowed them to see Zika at a resolution of just 3.1 angstroms . \u2014 Jaclyn Jeffrey-wilensky, STAT , 26 June 2018",
"Gaps between the probes measure a mere 100 angstroms \u2013 roughly the space occupied by 66 hydrogen molecules \u2013 which requires the manufacturing process to be perfect, lest a researcher end up looking at the wrong probe. \u2014 Brian Alexander, WIRED , 1 June 2000"
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