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أَغْضَب

to anger, to make angry /ˈʔaɣdˤab/

verbB1#1747 most common

Also: to enrage, to provoke, to upset

Example sentences

أَغْضَبَ أَبَاهُ.
He angered his father.
كَلَامُهُ أَغْضَبَنِي.
His words angered me.
لَا تُغْضِبْ أُمَّكَ.
Do not anger your mother.
مَا قَالَهُ الْوَزِيرُ أَغْضَبَ النَّاسَ كَثِيرًا.
What the minister said angered the people greatly.
تَصَرُّفَاتُهُ الْمُتَكَرِّرَةُ أَغْضَبَتْ زُمَلَاءَهُ فِي الْعَمَلِ.
His repeated behavior angered his colleagues at work.
لَمْ يَكُنْ يَقْصِدُ أَنْ يُغْضِبَ أَحَدًا، لَكِنَّ صَمْتَهُ أَغْضَبَ الْجَمِيعَ.
He did not mean to anger anyone, but his silence angered everyone.

Conjugation

Present ActiveSimple Past ActiveSimple Future Active
1sgأُغْضِبُأَغْضَبْتُسَأُغْضِبُ
2sgتُغْضِبُأَغْضَبْتَسَتُغْضِبُ
3sgيُغْضِبُأَغْضَبَسَيُغْضِبُ
1plنُغْضِبُأَغْضَبْنَاسَنُغْضِبُ
2plتُغْضِبُونَأَغْضَبْتُمْسَتُغْضِبُونَ
3plيُغْضِبُونَأَغْضَبُواسَيُغْضِبُونَ

Word family

غَضَبanger
غَضِبَto become angry
غَاضِبangry
غَضْبَانfurious
مُغْضِبinfuriating

Etymology

The verb comes from the Semitic triconsonantal root غ-ض-ب (gh-ḍ-b), which carries the sense of anger. The base Form I verb غَضِبَ means to become angry. The Form IV pattern ʾafʿala adds a hamza prefix and turns the state into a causative: to make someone become angry.

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