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† ˈangerful, a. Obs. rare.
Also 3 ancreful, angresful.
[prob. orig. a. ON. angr-fullr full of trouble, f. angr trouble: see anger. Analysed in 13th c. as angres-full, with angres in genitive. In its later use prob. a new formation on Eng. anger n. (in sense 2) + -ful.]
1. Full of trouble; careful, anxious.
c1230Ancr. R. 244 Inward, & meðlease, & angresfule bonen biwinneð sone sucurs. Ibid. 370 Forto beon so angresful þerefter nis nout God icweme? and ancreful nomliche uor swuch religiun nis nout God icweme.
2. Wrathful.
1598Sylvester Du Bartas ii. ii. (1641) 115/1 Repentant, jealous, fierce, and angerful. |