ireful

[ ahyuhr-fuhl ]
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adjective
  1. full of intense anger; wrathful.

  2. easily roused to anger; irascible.

Origin of ireful

1
Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; see origin at ire, -ful

Other words from ireful

  • ire·ful·ly, adverb
  • ire·ful·ness, noun

Words Nearby ireful

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How to use ireful in a sentence

  • If you can Bear this with patience, we must say you have not The bitterness of spleen, or ireful passions Familiar to women.

  • He still made a jest of her remonstrance, trying the temper of the animal, and rejoicing in its dark flushes of ireful vigour.

  • There was the ireful consciousness that the narrow-gauge folks were giving him a raw deal on that dynamite matter.

  • Fascination is never so imperial as when, roused and half ireful, she threatens transformation to fierceness.

    Shirley | Charlotte Bront
  • The maid retired, and the young man came in looking both ireful and stern.