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irate Definition

irate (ī rāt, īrāt′)

adjective

angry; wrathful; incensed

Etymology: L iratus < irasci, to be angry < ira, ire

irate Related Forms

irate·ly adverb irate·ness noun

irate Synonyms

irate

modif.

enraged, furious, incensed; see angry.

irate Usage Examples

Adjective complement with noun phrase

  • make: He took a sudden right turn, Which made the choir irate.
  • get: Sorry about that, but I get so f****** irate sometimes.

Modifies a noun

  • motorist: An irate motorist who's car has been clamped can become abusive or at the very worst violent.
  • fan: In 2000, the CBBC message board was flooded with irate fans wanting to know why Zoe's departure was not explained on screen.
  • citizen: You can also its irate citizens take their claims.
  • passenger: I had irate passengers waiting for over an hour for their luggage.
  • farmer: Sam'l Mann himself flushed proudly over the effect his show once had on an irate farmer.
  • customer: Below are a few guidelines to help you develop your own personal strategy for dealing with irate customers.

Modifying Another Word

  • rather: Unfortunately, on the first night at T1 speeds, I got a rather irate phone call from my up stream provider.
  • very: The Devil could not get out and was very irate!
  • so: It makes me so irate to hear people talk about the bonding you get during nursing.
  • increasingly: And then the auction house might not send you anything despite, in our case, several increasingly irate phone calls.
  • quite: If a sperm is wasted, God gets quite irate.
  • particularly: And if the customer is particularly irate you can get on with something else while they rant.

Used with adjective complement

  • get: Are you getting irate with other people over apparently trivial matters?
  • become: Discussions continued with people becoming very irate this lead to comments being personally directed at a Community Councilor.
  • sound: You sound irate, but surely the tale illustrates how... How well loved I am in Ireland, aye.

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