| 单词 | ireful |
| 释义 | ireful (once / 52531 pages) adj Use the adjective ireful to describe someone who's furious. You'll probably be ireful when you realize that your little brother used your favorite dress shirt as an apron when he baked brownies. The word ireful is an uncommon, old-fashioned way to say "really angry." You may tend to be an ireful driver, yelling and gesturing at other cars, or you might write an ireful letter to the editor of a newspaper after reading a badly reported, inaccurate story. When you're ireful, you're full of ire, which comes from Latin and means "wrath, anger, rage, or passion." WORD FAMILYireful: irefully+/ire: ireful, ires USAGE EXAMPLESIn this ireful frame of mind, Mabel met the ladies of the Advisory Council. Edwards, Albert, Comrade Yetta(2012) But his ireful restlessness will not allow him to accept this concession. Broughton, Rhoda, Doctor Cupid(2011) “There you have it, John,” he snarled, more ireful as a champion than the unhappy principal. Day, Holman, King Spruce, A Novel(2011) adj feeling or showing extreme anger ireful words Syn irate angry feeling or showing anger |
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