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

Extremely angry; wrathful; enraged.

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Other Word Forms of Irate

Adjective

Base Form:
irate
Comparative:
irater
Superlative:
iratest

Origin of Irate

  • 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”).

    From Wiktionary

Irate Sentence Examples

  • You may have lost sight of what exactly makes you feel irate.

  • She seemed more genuinely shocked than irate.

  • Are you getting irate with other people over apparently trivial matters?

  • And if the customer is particularly irate you can get on with something else while they rant.

  • Discussions continued with people becoming very irate this lead to comments being personally directed at a Community Councilor.

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Words Starting With

IIRIRA

Words Ending With

ETEATE

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irate

Words Starting With I and Ending With E

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