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- DictionaryI·rate/īˈrāt/
adjective
- 1. feeling or characterized by great anger: "a barrage of irate letters"
The meaning of IRATE is roused to ire. How to use irate in a sentence.
adjective. angry; enraged: an irate customer. Synonyms: provoked, irritated, furious. Antonyms: calm. arising from or characterized by anger: an irate letter to the editor. irate. / aɪˈreɪt / adjective. incensed with anger; furious. marked by extreme anger. an irate letter. Discover More. Derived Forms. iˈrately, adverb. Discover More.
adjective. us / ɑɪˈreɪt / Add to word list. very angry: We’ve been getting some irate calls from customers. (Definition of irate from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of irate. irate. Nor do we wish to conjure up a vision of an irate park keeper hounding the general public. From the. Hansard archive.
Definition of irate adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
When cartoon characters are irate, they're so mad that smoke comes out of their ears. The first syllable of irate is ir for ire, related to the Greek word oistros which means "thing causing madness." An irate investor might sell all his or her stock in a company.
adjective. us / aɪˈreɪt / uk / aɪˈreɪt / Add to word list. very angry: We have received some irate phone calls from customers. Synonyms. angry (EMOTIONAL) apoplectic. be beside yourself. cross mainly UK. furious (ANGRY) incandescent (QUALITY) incensed. livid (ANGRY) seething (angry) sore (ANGRY) US informal. wrathful.
If someone is irate, they are very angry about something. The owner was so irate he almost threw me out of the place. She then wrote an extremely irate letter to the New Statesman about me.
