angry mob
Torch-bearing throng
An angry mob is a crowd of people united by shared outrage, often prone to violence or destruction.
The phrase typically describes groups that have abandoned orderly protest for intimidation or attack: The angry mob stormed the building.
It carries connotations of irrationality and danger—a collective that has stopped thinking and started acting on raw emotion.
- riotViolent public disturbance
- pitchforksPronged agricultural tools
- torchesPortable fire on poles
- shoutingVocally projecting loudly
- furyIntense violent anger
crowd · out for blood · rampage · uprising · violence · chaos · streets · town square · protest · civil unrest · rage · frenzy · mass hysteria · storming · lynch · burn in effigy · unrest · horde
- civil unrestriot, riots, rioting, uprising, revolt
- mob violenceriot, lynching, vigilantism, looting, rampage
- vigilantismvigilante, vigilantism, lynching, frontier justice, posse
- public orderriot, public order, breach of peace, disorderly conduct, unlawful assembly
angry mobpeaceful protest
Nonviolent collective expression of dissent
peaceful assembly · silent vigil · candlelight vigil · peaceful demonstration · meditation circle
angry mobneighborhood watch
Resident-led area surveillance
block party · charity event · town hall meeting · parliamentary session · family reunion
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