irate
English
Etymology
From Latin īrātus (“angered, angry”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from īrāscor (“to be angry”), from īra (“anger, wrath”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aɪˈɹeɪt/, /ˈaɪɹeɪt/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -eɪt
Adjective
irate (comparative more irate or irater, superlative most irate or iratest)
- Extremely angry; wrathful; enraged.
- Synonyms: furious, infuriated, sore; see also Thesaurus:angry
Related terms
Translations
extremely angry
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References
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “irate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
- “irate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “irate”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams
Italian
Adjective
irate f pl
- feminine plural of irato
Anagrams
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [iːˈraː.tɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [iˈraː.t̪e]
Adjective
īrāte
- vocative masculine singular of īrātus
References
- “irate”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press