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Dictionary: i·rate   (ī-rāt', ī'rāt') pronunciation
adj.
  1. Extremely angry; enraged. See synonyms at angry.
  2. Characterized or occasioned by anger: an irate phone call.

[Latin īrātus, past participle of īrāscī, to be angry, from īra, anger.]

irately i·rate'ly adv.
irateness i·rate'ness n.

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adjective

    Full of or marked by extreme anger: furious, ireful, rabid, wrathful. Idioms: fit to be tied, foaming at the mouth, in aragetemper, in a towering rage. See feelings.

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adj

Definition: angry
Antonyms: calm, cheerful, composed, happy, pleased


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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: Very angry.

pronunciation Never underestimate the power of the irate customer. — Joel E. Ross

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - vred, opbragt, forbitret

Nederlands (Dutch)
woedend, vertoornd, toornig

Français (French)
adj. - furieux, courroucé

Deutsch (German)
adj. - wütend

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - (εξ)οργισμένος, εξαγριωμένος

Italiano (Italian)
adirato

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - irado

Русский (Russian)
разгневанный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - iracundo, colérico

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - vred, rasande, ilsken

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
发怒的, 生气的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 發怒的, 生氣的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 성난

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 怒った

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) غاضب, سريع الغضب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮זועם, כועס‬


 
 
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