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I wrote as a very angry young man, believing he was going to be killed in a world war.
John Edward Christopher Hill

Meaning of "angry young man" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ANGRY YOUNG MAN

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ANGRY YOUNG MAN

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Angry young man is a noun.
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WHAT DOES ANGRY YOUNG MAN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Angry young man

The phrase angry young man, or angry young men, can refer to: ▪ British New Wave, also referred to as the Angry Young Man genre, a British film genre of the 1960s, featuring working class heroes and left-wing themes ▪ Angry young men, a journalistic catchphrase applied to some British writers of the mid-1950s, such as John Osborne, author of Look Back in AngerFenqing, literal translation "angry young men", a Chinese slang term for young nationalists ▪ "Prelude/Angry Young Man", a song by Billy Joel ▪ "Fooling Yourself ", a song by the band Styx ▪ "Angry Young Man", journalistic catchphrase for the Hindi film actor Amitabh Bachchan ▪ Angry Young Man is Hindi Bollywood films releasing on 11th April 2014...

Definition of angry young man in the English dictionary

The definition of angry young man in the dictionary is one of several British novelists and playwrights of the 1950s who shared a hostility towards the established traditions and ruling elements of their country. Other definition of angry young man is any similarly rebellious person.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ANGRY YOUNG MAN

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WORDS THAT END LIKE ANGRY YOUNG MAN

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Synonyms and antonyms of angry young man in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «angry young man» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ANGRY YOUNG MAN

Find out the translation of angry young man to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of angry young man from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «angry young man» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

愤怒的年轻人
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

hombre joven enojado
570 millions of speakers

English

angry young man
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

एंग्री यंग मैन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

شاب غاضب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сердитый молодой человек
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

jovem revoltado
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

রাগ যুবক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

jeune homme en colère
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lelaki muda yang marah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

zorniger junger Mann
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

怒っている若い男
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

화가 젊은 남자
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Wong enom sing duka
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

thanh niên tức giận
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கோபம் இளைஞன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

रागावलेला तरुण
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Öfkeli genç adam
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

arrabbiato giovane
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wściekły młody człowiek
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

сердитий молодий чоловік
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

tânăr furios
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

οργισμένος νέος άνθρωπος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

woedende jong man
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

arg ung man
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sint ung mann
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of angry young man

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ANGRY YOUNG MAN»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about angry young man

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3 QUOTES WITH «ANGRY YOUNG MAN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word angry young man.
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Billie Joe Armstrong
I think it's your own choice if you turn from an angry young man to a bitter, old bastard.
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John Edward Christopher Hill
I wrote as a very angry young man, believing he was going to be killed in a world war.
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Paul Weller
People say that if you're still angry at 52, you're not an angry young man, just a grumpy old git.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ANGRY YOUNG MAN»

Discover the use of angry young man in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to angry young man and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Angry Young Man
Eighteen-year-old Robert tries to help his half-brother Xan, a seventeen-year-old misfit, to make better choices as he becomes increasingly attracted to a variety of protesters, anarchists, and the like.
Chris Lynch, 2012
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John Osborne: The Many Lives of the Angry Young Man
From the Trade Paperback edition.
John Heilpern, 2009
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The Angry Years: The Rise and Fall of the Angry Young Men
The story of that period makes a marvelously lively tale which, most importantly, was recorded by someone who was actually there.
Colin Wilson, 2007
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Billy Joel: The Life and Times of an Angry Young Man Revised ...
(Book). Billy Joel: The Life and Times of an Angry Young Man is a look at the superstar's entire career, including his troubled youth as a gang member; the controversy surrounding his first hit, "Captain Jack"; his legal problems; his ...
Hank Bordowitz, 2011
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The Secret Politics of Our Desires: Innocence, Culpability ...
How angry is the Angry Young Man? 'Rebellion ' in Conventional Hindi Films FAREEDUDDIN KAZMI Hindi commercial cinema is usually considered purely escapist fare — a view that has strengthened prejudices against the genre to the  ...
Ashis Nandy, 1998
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Interviews with Britain's Angry Young Men
How did you feel in the 1950s about being labelled a so-called Angry Young Man , and how do you feel about it today? JW: I'm not even very happy about being identified as a certain type of writer, because I think that one ought always to have ...
‎1984
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Ian Fleming & James Bond: The Cultural Politics of 007
... was being probed with some urgency among the nation's writers, especially in the work of a handful of newcomers often lumped together under the banner of the "Angry Young Man," a social type who seemed for a time to be everywhere: on ...
Edward P. Comentale, Stephen Watt, Skip Willman, 2005
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Inexcusable
He would never do anything to hurt her. So Keir carefully recounts the events leading up to that one fateful night, in order to uncover the truth. Clearly, there has been a mistake. But what has happened is, indeed, something inexcusable.
Chris Lynch, 2008
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British Realist Theatre: The New Wave in Its Context 1956-1965
Look Back in Anger was the archetypal 'angry' text - indeed, its appearance in May of that year helped to define the nature of 'Anger' for a contemporary public, much as its author became the quintessential 'Angry Young Man'. However ...
Stephen Lacey, 1995
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Look Back in Anger: A Play in Three Acts
First produced in 1956, Look Back in Anger launched a revolution in the English theater.
John Osborne, 1959

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ANGRY YOUNG MAN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term angry young man is used in the context of the following news items.
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Styx to flow into Harrah's Friday
... (The Angry Young Man).” Styx continued to release hit albums such as “Pieces of Eight” and “Cornerstone” as the decade came to a close. «Press of Atlantic City, Jul 15»
2
Ex-pupil still haunted by cruel Telford paedophile
“I became a very angry young man and it set me on the path to having a problematic adult life. I have been married three times and blame a lot ... «shropshirestar.com, Jul 15»
3
Anarchy or surrender: the choice facing Greece
Then an angry young man approached her, shouting: “What are you complaining about? Your generation is to blame for electing all those ... «The Sunday Times, Jul 15»
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Wimbledon 2015: Bernard Tomic unleashes extraordinary attack on …
Angry young man ... Bernard Tomic unleashed a barrage of criticism against Tennis Australia and Pat Rafter in a press conference after his ... «WA today, Jul 15»
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Big B: Had No Plans to Become an Actor; Was Drawn by the Movies …
But 'Big B' kept his faith and went on to become the angry young man everyone wanted to see! Most Popular, Related Videos, Just Added ... «NDTV, Jul 15»
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A bio-pic on Sanjay Gandhi? It's a great idea but good luck making it …
Some think of him as the "Angry Young Man" can-do leader India needed. Others think Indian democracy would have never recovered had he ... «Firstpost, Jul 15»
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The arts power on
One was of an angry young man at war with his family. The other painting showed a happy young man graduating from college and a beaming ... «The Straits Times, Jul 15»
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Bell Shakespeare's Hamlet with Josh McConville will travel to 28 …
... souls can be glorious in their own way; but so can the athletic Hamlet, so can the beautiful speaker, or the aesthete, or the angry young man. «The Australian, Jul 15»
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Pete Townshend: 'Music has always suffered from being tied to …
It's tempting to infer that the angry young man, who hoped he'd die before he got old, has, in his dotage, become an upstanding member of the ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
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Train worker abused by passenger found hiding in toilet
He said: "We have heard all about your troubles that day and how they caused you to act like an angry young man. "Public servants should not ... «expressandstar.com, Jul 15»

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