Mad - Indignant - Cross - Irate
These words all describe people feeling and/or showing anger.
Angry feeling or showing anger: Please don’t be angry with me. | Thousands of angry demonstrators filled the square.
Mad (not before noun) (informal, especially in NAmE) angry: He’s got mad and walked out. | She’s mad at me for being late. Remember that mad is the usual word for ‘angry’ in informal American English. In British English, the phrase ‘go mad’ means ‘very angry’: Dad’ll go mad when he sees what you’ve done. ‘Go mad’ can also mean ‘go crazy’ or ‘get very excited’.
Indignant feeling or showing anger and surprise because you think that you or sb else has been treated unfairly: She was very indignant at the way she had been treated.
Cross (especially BrE, rather informal) rather angry or annoyed: I was quite cross with him for being late. This word is often used by or to children.
Irate very angry: Irate customers. | An irate letter. Irate is not usually followed by a preposition: She was irate with me/about it.
Patterns
*Angry/mad/indignant/cross about/at sth
*Angry/cross with sb (for doing sth)
*Angry/mad/indignant/cross that...
*To get angry/mad/cross
*To make sb angry/mad/cross
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