怫然

fúrán

adjective

Meanings

HSK 7-9

听了这话，他怫然变色，起身就走。

Tīng le zhè huà, tā fúrán biànsè, qǐshēn jiù zǒu.

Hearing this, he flushed with anger, stood up and walked out.

HSK 7-9

对方出言不逊，老先生怫然不悦。

Duìfāng chūyán-búxùn, lǎoxiānsheng fúrán búyuè.

The other man spoke insolently, and the old gentleman looked deeply displeased.

Classical and literary, met in old texts and formal essays. In speech you would say someone 一下子生气了, or for real fury 勃然大怒. 怫 is read fú here.

怫 fú

然 rán