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irate

[ ahy-reyt, ahy-reyt ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

angry; enraged:
an irate customer.
Synonyms: provoked, irritated, furious
Antonyms: calm
arising from or characterized by anger:
an irate letter to the editor.

irate

/ aɪˈreɪt /

Origin of irate¹

First recorded in 1830–40; from Latin īrātus, past participle of īrāscī “to be angry, get angry”; irascible, -ate ¹

Origin of irate¹

C19: from Latin īrātus enraged, from īrascī to be angry

In one episode, two undercover air marshals subdued and handcuffed the irate traveler in question.

At the time of this writing, over 800 irate comments follow the post.

Who but an irate headmaster ever referred to Jack Nicholson by his surname?

How wrong is the Tea Party, irate and ill-tempered as it may be, in its critique of government operations?

As protestors and irate MKs demonstrate, this cannot change with one Supreme Court ruling.

I stopped the elephant again and said to the man, "Why art thou irate when the evening is so cool, little man of the city?"

"I'll turn the hose on him as he goes out, if you don't mind," the irate mother exclaimed as she left the room.

So, too, those on the outer edge did not make any hostile movement when the irate instructor went through them with a rush.

The charge of the Light Brigade was surpassed by those irate Creoles.

One indulges him with the hero of the piece: the small, ugly, irate, snuffy quadruped before mentioned.

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