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ire Definition

ire (īr)

noun

anger; wrath

Etymology: OFr < L ira < IE base *eis-, to move quickly, violently > Gr oima, stormy attack, ON eisa, to rush on

ire Related Forms
ire·ful adjective ire·fully adverb ire·ful·ness noun
Ire Definition

Ire

Ireland

ire Synonyms

ire

n.

anger, wrath, fury, rage; see anger. See syn. study at anger.

ire Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • opponent: It was, however, their beliefs which incurred the ire of mid-17th century opponents.
  • user: Sites that repeat the Flash intro each time the same user visits the home page raise the ire of most web users.
  • purist: This has stirred the blinkered ire of purists, but fans have found that their appetite for her music continues to grow exponentially.
  • campaigner: Its use of rabbit fur on its clothes had attracted the ire of campaigners.
  • party: Wilson's actions provoked the ire of the party 's pro-Europeans and Roy Jenkins ' resignation as deputy leader.
  • group: News round-up ( Dec/Jan ) A bumper year for directors is raising the ire of investor groups.

Converse of object

  • arouse: It is difficult to think of anything more likely to arouse the ire of the locals than intimately searching their homes for weapons.
  • provoke: Drugs, which directly trigger happiness in users, provoke ire.
  • incur: He raised men, gave money, obliged his sons to take up arms and incurred the ire of Parliament.
  • draw: Why take a moral position that will draw the ire of a world power?
  • attract: Its use of rabbit fur on its clothes had attracted the ire of campaigners.
  • raise: Sites that repeat the Flash intro each time the same user visits the home page raise the ire of most web users.

Preposition: on

  • magazine: Instead it combines both by focusing its satirical ire on the magazines that promote superficial celebrity culture.

Adjective modifier

  • particular: The IEA reserves particular ire for that favorite of the western middle-class lounge, the halogen uplighter.
  • righteous: He has always stood as a lesser, weaker Oliver Stone: less prone to his hubris, but also lacking his righteous ire.
  • such: Why take such a negative view when there are so many other issues worthy of such ire?
  • great: Troi: I'm sensing anger and great ire.
  • much: Why is this particular target chosen, and why does it inspire so much ire?
  • satirical: Instead it combines both by focusing its satirical ire on the magazines that promote superficial celebrity culture.

Modifies a noun

  • land: It was rocky land and all my study told me it was Ire land.
ire Quotes

What happens when a game of football is proposed at Christmas among a party of young men assembled from different schools? Alas!† The Eton man is enamoured of his own rules, and turns up his nose at Rugbyas not sufficiently aristocratic; while the Rugbeian retorts that 'bullying'and 'sneaking'are not to his taste, and he is not afraid of his shins, or of a 'maul'or 'scrimmage'.On hearing this the Harrovian pricks up his ears, and though he might previously have sided with Rugby, the insinuation against the courage of those who do not allow 'shinning'arouses his ire, and causes him to refuse to lay with one who has offered it. Thus it is found impossible to get up a game.

—Anonymous

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