angry person
Someone seeing red
Someone prone to anger or currently in an angry state.
The phrase is descriptive rather than idiomatic—an angry person is simply a person who is angry.
More colorful terms exist for those habitually angry: hothead, grouch, crank.
Nobody wanted to approach the angry person at the counter.
- hotheadImpetuous, easily angered person
- short fuseTendency to anger quickly
- hot temperTendency toward quick anger
- firebrandAgitator or burning stick
- rageaholicOne addicted to fury
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