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adjective
Date: 1838
1. roused to ire <an irate taxpayer> 2. arising from anger <irate words> • irately adverb • irateness noun
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Irate — I*rate , a. [L. iratus, fr. irasci to be angry. See {Ire}.] Angry; incensed; enraged. [Recent] [1913 Webster] The irate colonel . . . stood speechless. Thackeray. [1913 Webster] Mr. Jaggers suddenly became most irate. Dickens. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
irate — irate; irate·ly; irate·ness; … English syllables
Irate — Irate, Ignatius de J., geb. 1635 zu Biscaya in Spanien, Landschaftsmaler; st. 1685 daselbst … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
irate — (adj.) 1838, from L. iratus angry, enraged, violent, furious, pp. of irasci grow angry, from ira anger (see IRE (Cf. ire)) … Etymology dictionary
irate — *angry, wrathful, wroth, mad, indignant, acrimonious Analogous words: provoked, exasperated, nettled, irritated (see IRRITATE): incensed, infuriated, enraged (see ANGER vb) Contrasted words: *forbearing, tolerant, clement, lenient, indulgent,… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
irate — [adj] angry angered, annoyed, blown a gasket*, enraged, exasperated, fuming, furious, incensed, indignant, infuriated, irritated, livid, mad, piqued, provoked, riled, steamed*, ticked off*, up in arms*, worked up*, wrathful, wroth; concepts… … New thesaurus
irate — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ extremely angry. DERIVATIVES irately adverb. ORIGIN Latin iratus, from ira anger … English terms dictionary
irate — [ī rāt′, ī′rāt΄] adj. [L iratus < irasci, to be angry < ira, IRE] angry; wrathful; incensed irately adv. irateness n … English World dictionary
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irate — [[t]aɪre͟ɪt[/t]] ADJ GRADED If someone is irate, they are very angry about something. The owner was so irate he almost threw me out of the place... She then wrote an extremely irate letter to the New Statesman about me. Syn: incensed, furious … English dictionary
