irate
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5.3
- adjective
- /aɪˈreɪt/
:
furioso
- Berlin finds himself facing an irate-looking woman in her 20s.
- irate parents
- become irate
- irate phone calls
I'm happy that it's funny that some of them get very irate about this.
- I'm happy that it's funny that some of them get very irate about this.
- But I watched that video of you getting very irate because Rogan, yeah, he gets cancelled and you don't.
- And it had different variations of it, like irked, irate, overwhelmed.
- But well, I'm sort of, I was very irate when I was a kid, so that was done.
- So it came if for sure was going to make people irate.
Examples
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And this is where they get super irate because they, the majority of them do not want to take family out.
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On the other side of his desk sits an irate customer and his wife.
Fiction book (1996) -
And then when the customer became quite irate and said, do I look like a man to you?
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The irate citizens are starting to complain.
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Parents read the article and became irate that a witch had been allowed inside their school.
Academic text (1997) -
But the new measures did nothing to calm the irate reporters.
Academic text (2000) -
Thompson probably needs protection from an irate public who sees that nothing has changed.
Blog text (25) -
Dozens of irate and highly important people are clamouring for you.
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Jim is kicked awake by an irate, barrel-chested store owner chomping on a fat cigar.
Fiction book (1995) -
The customer became irate when his complaint was ignored for too long.
Synonyms
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1.0
Feeling very annoyed or upset
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1.0
Feeling angry or upset with someone
238
3.0
Very angry and ready to shout or complain
197
8.6
Very angry or annoyed
27
4.1
Feeling very angry and shocked because something seems unfair
19
5.5
Very angry and hard to calm
6
8.6
So angry that you cannot speak or act calmly
1
4.8
Feeling very angry and likely to shout or lose control
1
4.5
Feeling very angry because someone treated you unfairly
1
8.4
Feeling very angry or annoyed
1
3.9
Very strong and intense, often violent and out of control
1
4.8
Feeling very angry
1
9.9
Very angry and acting without thinking
1
9.8
Very angry or upset
Very angry and likely to act violently
Very angry and unable to control your words or actions
Very angry because of something unfair or wrong
Feeling very angry and showing that anger in words or actions
Feeling very furious because someone did something unfair or rude
Very angry and acting out of control
Feeling extremely angry and acting wildly
Feeling very angry and showing it
Feeling very angry and upset
Very angry and ready to do something extreme
Feeling very angry and annoyed
Being very angry and hard to calm
Antonyms
How Angry
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word irate comes from the Latin ira, which means 'anger', and it is like the English word ire. So someone who is irate is full of anger or very angry.