1
: roused to ire
an irate taxpayer
2
: arising from anger
irate words
irately
adverb
irateness
noun
Synonyms
- angered
- angry
- apoplectic
- ballistic
- cheesed off [chiefly British]
- choleric
- enraged
- foaming
- fuming
- furious
- hopping
- horn-mad
- hot
- incensed
- indignant
- inflamed
- enflamed
- infuriate
- infuriated
- ireful
- livid
- mad
- outraged
- rabid
- rankled
- riled
- riley
- roiled
- shirty [chiefly British]
- sore
- steamed up
- steaming
- teed off
- ticked
- wrathful
- wroth
Examples of irate in a Sentence
Irate viewers called the television network to complain about the show.
the big increase in cable rates prompted a flood of irate calls and letters
Recent Examples on the Web
Retail jobs are often marked by low pay, erratic schedules and irate customers, which helps explain why the quit rate for retail workers is more than 70% higher than in other US industries, according to a 2022 report by McKinsey & Co.
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Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 11 June 2024
Sometimes, irate drivers will take out their frustrations on the road by following other cars too closely on the road, or tailgating.
—Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 5 June 2024
Larry could have intervened, were he not being manhandled by the irate husband of yet another retail nemesis (Laura Silverman).
—Larry Fitzmaurice, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2024
Hylton’s message comes four days after CNN shared video surveillance footage that shows an irate Combs, wrapped in just a towel, assaulting Ventura in a Los Angeles hotel hallway in 2016.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 21 May 2024
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Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 11 June 2024
Sometimes, irate drivers will take out their frustrations on the road by following other cars too closely on the road, or tailgating.
—Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 5 June 2024
Larry could have intervened, were he not being manhandled by the irate husband of yet another retail nemesis (Laura Silverman).
—Larry Fitzmaurice, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2024
Hylton’s message comes four days after CNN shared video surveillance footage that shows an irate Combs, wrapped in just a towel, assaulting Ventura in a Los Angeles hotel hallway in 2016.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 21 May 2024
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“Irate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/irate. Accessed 17 Jun. 2024.
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