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 sb. (in sense 2) + -FUL.]
1. Full of trouble; careful, anxious.
c. 1230. Ancr 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.
1598. Sylvester, Du Bartas, II. ii. (1641), 115/1. Repentant, jealous, fierce, and angerful.
