irefuladj.
/ˈʌɪəfʊl/ 1. Full of ire; angry, wrathful.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > anger > [adjective]
irrec825
gramec893
wemodc897
wrothc950
bolghenc1000
gramelyc1000
hotOE
on fireOE
brathc1175
moodyc1175
to-bollenc1175
wrethfulc1175
wraw?c1225
agrameda1300
wrathfula1300
agremedc1300
hastivec1300
irousa1340
wretheda1340
aniredc1350
felonc1374
angryc1380
upreareda1382
jealous1382
crousea1400
grieveda1400
irefula1400
mada1400
teena1400
wraweda1400
wretthy14..
angryc1405
errevousa1420
wrothy1422
angereda1425
passionatec1425
fumous1430
tangylc1440
heavy1452
fire angry1490
wrothsomea1529
angerful?1533
wrothful?1534
wrath1535
provoked1538
warm1547
vibrant1575
chauffe1582
fuming1582
enfeloned1596
incensed1597
choleric1598
inflameda1600
raiseda1600
exasperate1601
angried1609
exasperated1611
dispassionate1635
bristlinga1639
peltish1648
sultry1671
on (also upon) the high ropes (also rope)1672
nangry1681
ugly1687
sorea1694
glimflashy1699
enraged1732
spunky1809
cholerous1822
kwaai1827
wrathy1828
angersome1834
outraged1836
irate1838
vex1843
raring1845
waxy1853
stiff1856
scotty1867
bristly1872
hot under the collar1879
black angry1894
spitfire1894
passionful1901
ignorant1913
hairy1914
snaky1919
steamed1923
uptight1934
broigus1937
lemony1941
ripped1941
pissed1943
crooked1945
teed off1955
ticked off1959
ripe1966
torqued1967
bummed1970
a1400 Coer de L. 366 In his stirope up he stode, And smote to hym with irefull mode.
a1425 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Galba) l. 27798 Heuy chere, irefull and ill.
c1475 Partenay 3258 A man chaufed with yerfull manace.
1555 J. Heywood Two Hundred Epigrammes with Thyrde sig. C.vv Foule wordes make all folke, Irefull or fereful.
1652 C. B. Stapylton tr. Herodian Imperiall Hist. 41 Electus, Lætus, Marcia too must looke, With many moe, to tast his Irefull spight.
1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey I. iii. 179 With ire-full taunts each other they oppose.
1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre I. xii. 215 His eyes and gathered eyebrows looked ireful and thwarted just now.
2. Choleric, passionate, irascible.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > [adjective] > irascible (of person)
hotOE
wooda1250
hastivec1300
irous1303
hastya1350
angrya1387
melancholiousa1393
quicka1400
irefulc1400
melancholyc1450
turnec1480
iracundiousa1492
passionatea1500
fumish1523
irascible1530
wrothful1535
fierya1540
warm1547
choleric1556
hot at hand1558
waspish1566
incensive1570
bilious1571
splenative1593
hot-livered1599
short1599
spitfire1600
warm-tempered1605
temperless1614
sulphurous1616
angryable1662
huffy1680
hastish1749
peppery1778
quick-tempered1792
inflammable1800
hair-triggered1806
gingery1807
spunky1809
iracund1821
irascid1823
wrathy1828
frenzy1859
gunpowdery1868
gunpowderous1870
tempersome1875
exacerbescent1889
tempery1905
lightningy1906
temperish1925
short-fused1979
c1400 Solomon's Bk. Wisdom 20 Aȝein stronge men & ireful look þat þou ne fiȝth.
1574 E. Hellowes tr. A. de Guevara Familiar Epist. 181 With the yrefull we must not be importunate to entreate a pardon.
1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 638 The inhabitants of..Barbary are poore and proude, irefull, and writing all injuries in marble.
1819 L. Hunt Indicator 13 Oct. 6 The want of this sympathy from others made him ireful, revengeful, impious.
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