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The definition of irate is being extremely angry.

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An example of someone who is irate is a person who just found out that her entire project was destroyed overnight.

See irate in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

angry; wrathful; incensed

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

Related Forms:

irately adverb
irateness noun

See irate in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Extremely angry; enraged. See Synonyms at angry.
Characterized or occasioned by anger: an irate phone call.

Origin:

Origin: Latin īrātus

Origin: , past participle of īrāscī, to be angry

Origin: , from īra, anger; see eis- in Indo-European roots

Related Forms:

i·rateˈly adverb

i·rateˈness noun

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