Irate Definition

ī-rāt, īrāt

adjective

irater, iratest

Full of or characterized by extreme anger; enraged.

American Heritage

Angry; wrathful; incensed.

Webster's New World

The definition of irate is being extremely angry.

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

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Other Word Forms of Irate

Base Form:

irate

Comparative:

irater

Superlative:

iratest

Latin īrātus past participle of īrāscī to be angry from īra anger eis- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Latin iratus (“angered, angry”), from irasci (“to be angry”), from ira (“anger, wrath”).

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