irate
/ʌɪˈreɪt
/adjective
Feeling or characterized by great anger: a barrage of irate letters...
- The only response to The Peak's inflammatory headline was a few mildly irate letters.
- One letter, from an irate constituent, insisted that I rang him the moment I got his letter.
- Fifty years ago it was, according to an irate letter writer in the Evening Press.
Synonyms
angry, very angry, furious, infuriated, incensed, enraged, incandescent, fuming, seething, ireful, cross, mad;
raging, ranting, raving, frenzied, in a frenzy, beside oneself, outraged, up in arms;
indignant, annoyed, irritated, aggrieved, vexed, exasperated, frustrated, irked, piqued
informal foaming at the mouth, hot under the collar, hacked off
literary wrathful, wroth
Derivatives
irately
/ adverb ...- John slapped his palm against the wall, irately.
- Afterwards, James was confronted by both Nicholas and Jonathan, who both begged him to explain why he had behaved so irately before the court.
- She could hear someone talking - and rather irately at that.
irateness
/ noun ...- Through frustration, fear, irateness, sadness, and loss, they maintain their posture through their individual characters.
- She clearly shows signs of irateness towards her husband who deliberately tries to wind people up to a breaking point.
Origin
Mid 19th century: from Latin iratus, from ira 'anger'.