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irate

[ ahy-reyt, ahy-reyt ]

adjective

  1. angry; enraged:

    an irate customer.

    Synonyms: provoked, irritated, furious

    Antonyms: calm

  2. arising from or characterized by anger:

    an irate letter to the editor.



irate

/ aɪˈreɪt /

adjective

  1. incensed with anger; furious
  2. marked by extreme anger

    an irate letter



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Derived Forms

  • iˈrately, adverb

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Other Words From

  • i·rately adverb
  • i·rateness noun
  • noni·rate adjective
  • noni·rately adverb

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Word History and Origins

Origin of irate1

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

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Word History and Origins

Origin of irate1

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

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Example Sentences

Men, ever clinging to the privileges their gender affords them no matter how much women change, are charmed and mystified by her unconquerability, until they grow irate of the challenge it poses and act out accordingly.

When the report came out in October, a loud contingency of locals were still irate that the closures would limit recreational access right when the sport is exploding and the backcountry is increasingly crowded.

The president was increasingly irate that officials would not support his unfounded claims of voter fraud.

Many spoke to employees as if they were lazy, Johnson said, and workers sometimes had to call police on particularly irate people.

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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