How to use “angry with”

❌ Don’t say this (person): The teacher was angry against him (feeling upset or annoyed at someone).

✅ Say this (person): The teacher was angry with him.

❌ Don’t say this (thing): She was angry with the broken phone.

✅ Say this (thing): She was angry at the broken phone.

Why “with” is for people and “at” is for things

• Use angry with for people (angry with my friend, angry with the driver, angry with him).
• Use angry at for things or situations (angry at the weather, angry at the traffic, angry at the broken phone).

Think of with as sharing the feeling with a person. Think of at as pointing toward a thing that has no feelings. The preposition against is always wrong for anger — it sounds like war, not emotion.