Meaning of IRATE
| Pronunciation: | | 'Ireyt
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| | Definition: | | [adj] feeling or showing extreme anger; "irate protesters"; "ireful words" |
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| | Synonyms: | | angry, ireful |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \I*rate"\, a. [L. iratus, fr. irasci to be angry. See
{Ire}.]
Angry; incensed; enraged. [Recent]
The irate colonel . . . stood speechless. --Thackeray.
Mr. Jaggers suddenly became most irate. --Dickens.
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| | Related Terms: | | angered, angry, browned-off, choleric, cross, incensed, indignant, ireful, livid, mad, pissed, pissed-off, riled up, sore, ticked off, waxy, worked up, wrathful, wrathy, wroth, wrought-up |
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