IRATE

irate, ireful

(adjective) feeling or showing extreme anger; “irate protesters”; “ireful words”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

irate (comparative irater, superlative iratest)

Extremely angry; wrathful; enraged.

Synonyms: furious, infuriated, sore, Thesaurus:angry

Anagrams

• Artie, Tiare, raite, retia, terai

Source: Wiktionary


I*rate", a. Etym: [L. iratus, fr. irasci to be angry. See Ire.]

Definition: Angry; incensed; enraged. [Recent] The irate colonel . . . stood speechless. Thackeray. Mr. Jaggers suddenly became most irate. Dickens.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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